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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 191301" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>Yes. Maybe it was me that scared you away from the SB-400. But you have the D3 and some great glass, and it would seem the cost of a good flash would not be a problem. This is one time to spend it.</p><p></p><p>At 50mm zoom, the SB-700 has double the power of the SB-400 (they are more equal at 24mm zoom- the SB-910 would be more powerful overall). We always need all the power we can get for bounce flash. Plus the SB-700 head swivels, for bounce when the camera is up on end in portrait orientation too. SB-400, won't.</p><p></p><p> Even if some situation does not need double power, it will be working at a lower power setting to do same thing, and will recycle much faster between shots (more power converter, more batteries, so it is loafing, and faster than the tiny flash working hard). </p><p></p><p>The SB-700 is an actual flash, that is, it will work off camera, like in umbrella (but the SB-400 does not even have a menu, and requires connection to the camera hot shoe to even work at all).</p><p></p><p>And with multiple SB-700s, one SB-700 in hot shoe of D3 can be Commander, and can control a couple of other SB-700 (like in umbrellas) as remote wireless units. It also has is SU-4 optical slave mode, for remote manual flash. </p><p></p><p> The SB-400 cannot do any part of that, cannot even work remotely - No room for growth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 191301, member: 12496"] Yes. Maybe it was me that scared you away from the SB-400. But you have the D3 and some great glass, and it would seem the cost of a good flash would not be a problem. This is one time to spend it. At 50mm zoom, the SB-700 has double the power of the SB-400 (they are more equal at 24mm zoom- the SB-910 would be more powerful overall). We always need all the power we can get for bounce flash. Plus the SB-700 head swivels, for bounce when the camera is up on end in portrait orientation too. SB-400, won't. Even if some situation does not need double power, it will be working at a lower power setting to do same thing, and will recycle much faster between shots (more power converter, more batteries, so it is loafing, and faster than the tiny flash working hard). The SB-700 is an actual flash, that is, it will work off camera, like in umbrella (but the SB-400 does not even have a menu, and requires connection to the camera hot shoe to even work at all). And with multiple SB-700s, one SB-700 in hot shoe of D3 can be Commander, and can control a couple of other SB-700 (like in umbrellas) as remote wireless units. It also has is SU-4 optical slave mode, for remote manual flash. The SB-400 cannot do any part of that, cannot even work remotely - No room for growth. [/QUOTE]
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