SB-600 AF Speedlight
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Great flash unit, but needs to be more durable.
The flash is great. It's easy to use. Being able to bounce your light and change your flash settings are great options to have. The only problem is that they burn out too easily. I and my business partner shoot virtual tours and have been through several of these units. We get about a year out of them, usually less when business is heavy and then it's off to buy a new one and have the old one repaired. At this point, we have several old ones as back-ups. By comparison, my old Sony V1 is a marvel. Despite only 5mp, and being far less sophisticated, in five years of the heaviest use, I never had a problem with the flash and five years past that, it still works. I must admit that the SB600 is worth the trouble. I'll keep using the SB600 all the units I have are finally unsalvageable. Clearly these units are not meant to endure what I put them through, but for what I do they keep things simple which is the best way to go. I like to travel as light as possible.
February 22, 2012
It's a piece of dung
I owned it for 1 year exactly and it broke down on me. Now I need to send it to Nikon for repair! And it's out of warranty, just great!
October 27, 2011
Good stuff for the price
I does what it's supposed to. It's a basic standard flash made to work with the nuance of the newer digital cameras. I have a SB 25, but it's useless on new DSLRs. So I got this SB 600 to use on my D700, and haven't had any glitches since.
I has descent recycling time, as long as you're not firing off more than 3~5 frames at a time. I you're doing rapid action that requires capturing several frames like sports then go with a flash/speedlight that can accommodate an external battery pack.
But for the price this is an unbeatable deal.
I use mine with an aftermarket bounce/diffuser to cut down on the hot spots & harshness.
July 21, 2011
Nikon SB-600
I only used the product a couple of times and it just stopped working.
Now the product warranty is not covered in my country since I bought it in UK.
I guess I will have to pay to get it fixed.
July 1, 2011
Very adaptable; would have liked more power
In operation and speed of recycling, the SB-600 is an amazing performer. Teamed with the D7000, I get perfect exposures 98% of the time. Easy enough to tailor the output through the flash or camera anyway. Not a high powered flash when married up with some of my existing flash head attachments, but I knew that from the published guide number. Otherwise, this is a very good value for the cost. I'm sure you will be satisfied too.
April 23, 2011
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I was wondering what voltage the flash triggers at?
1 year, 1 month ago
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Anonymous
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I read somewhere a long while ago that the voltage was somewhere abouts 3.6v, you would have to check it your self though to make doubly sure.1 year, 1 month ago
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neil ja
honolulu
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honolulu
Age: 55-65
Favorite Subject: Family & Friends
Nikon Family: 0-1 years
Experience: 1-3 months
Role: Just getting started with photography
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Yes it is.1 year ago
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R683AD
Naples, FL
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Naples, FL
Age: 55-65
Favorite Subject: Nature
Nikon Family: 21+ years
Experience: Less than a month
Role: Occasional user, memory keeper
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Yes, you can use the SB-600 with the D80.
A dealer is listing two SB-600's, one for $189 (which I bought) and one for $100 more that I just noticed said "for digital cameras" which I have. Is there two versions or is he playing games with me? I thought there was only one that worked on both film and digital cameras.
Thanks.
Thanks.
11 months ago
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Farid
Pocatello ID
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Pocatello ID
Age: 45-54
Nikon Family: 21+ years
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There is only one SB-600, are you sure it wasnt the SB-700 he had there as well.
When I use my SB-600 Flash on my Nikon D60, the Flash indicates the lens is zoom head position is set at 14mm, no matter what the lens is zoom to. I have tried several things to get the flash to read the focus length of my lens. When installing the SB-600 Flash on my Nikon D60, both flash & camera are turned off. Once the flash is mounted on camera. I turn the Flash ON (first) and then the camera ON......periodally it will read the correct lens length, but generally it will read 14mm.
10 months ago
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sunshine
Texas
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Texas
Age: 55-65
Favorite Subject: Family & Friends
Nikon Family: 2-5 years
Experience: More than a year
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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First, make sure that the zoom setting is not set to manual, but rather to auto (pages 12, 40 & 52 in the owner's manual). Also, when the built-in wide-flash adapter is used, thezoom-head position is automatically set to match a 14mm lens
10 months ago
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Big Tub
Tucson
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Tucson
Age: 45-54
Favorite Subject: Nature
Nikon Family: 21+ years
Experience: More than a year
Role: Occasional user, memory keeper
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Yes.10 months ago
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Kei
Brooklyn
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Brooklyn
Age: Under 18
Favorite Subject: Portrait
Nikon Family: 0-1 years
Experience: 3-6 months
Role: Just getting started with photography
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Yes it can, but only on camera, the D3000 has no built in commander so you would have to use something else for off camera flash work.
I took a class from nikon tech head who asvised download for flash quick guide on Nikon site. Please advise where to locate or forward by e mail. appreciated, J
10 months ago
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jerry
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Please click on the below for information:Answer Title: Speedlight SB-600 Instruction Manual
Answer Link: http://support.nikonusa.com/app/ans...
I am trying to figure out how to use my flash off camera remotely with my D-7000. I believe it has the CLS, but I can't figure out how to get the flash to fire.
7 months ago
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Anonymous
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Please see page # 52 of the user's manual for the SB-600 in order to set the speedlight as a remote.
I would like to use my SB600 off camera in conjunction with a studio light. If I tether the studio light to my D80 via an AS-15 attached to the camera's hot shoe, would I then still be able to fire my SB600 remotely by using a 3rd party optical slave (e.g. Seagull SYK-4)? Any ideas of which would work best with my equipment?
Thanks!
Thanks!
3 months ago
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Davbear
Louisville, KY, USA
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Louisville, KY, USA
Age: 45-54
Favorite Subject: Portrait
Nikon Family: 2-5 years
Experience: More than a year
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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You will need to get in contact with the manufacture of the third party equipment for compatibility information with our products.
SB-600 AF Speedlight
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My SB-600 flash eats batteries. I don't use it often, but I have to replace the batteries every time I do. Does this sound right?
1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Long-time amateur, professional TV producer
Palm Beach, FL
Location :
Palm Beach, FL
Favorite Subject: Landscape
Nikon Family: 21+ years
Experience: More than a year
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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Depends on what batteries you are using. If you leave batteries in it for any length of time then they will discharge by themselves. Again dependent on what batteries are being used some will last longer than others, you could quite easily use one or two sets of batteries on a shoot as power output etc will have a lot to play.
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