For those who upgraded from SB600 to SB800

[rodel]

Hi,

Just to ask:
1. why did you upgrade from SB600 to SB800? what feature?

2. is it worth the upgrade?

cheers

[jacob]

1) more power. faster recycling speed(so won't missed much shots). can use as Master Mode in Nikon CLS.
2) SURE! but boils down to what you shoot actually.

[poh6702]

Originally Posted by jacob 1) more power. faster recycling speed(so won't missed much shots). can use as Master Mode in Nikon CLS. 2) SURE! but boils down to what you shoot actually.

with the abouve 2 points +
3) Can have manual mode
4) Can work with other hot shoe cameras like Fuji S9500, Panasonic FZ10/20/30/50.... as Auto flash
5) With additional of SD-8A, can have almost instant recycle of flash power.

I owned both SB600 and SB800 at one time and sold the SB600 in CS.

[rodel]

Originally Posted by jacob 1) more power. faster recycling speed(so won't missed much shots). can use as Master Mode in Nikon CLS. 2) SURE! but boils down to what you shoot actually.

If no CLS, is SB800 still worth?

[renegade150]

Originally Posted by rodel If no CLS, is SB800 still worth?

u have zoom up to 105mm.

[azul123]

Originally Posted by rodel If no CLS, is SB800 still worth?

If you shoot mostly with flash in-doors and in rooms not bigger than HDB flats, SB600 good enough liow.. provided you have no use for CLS.

Save the money.

../azul123

[rodel]

Originally Posted by azul123 If you shoot mostly with flash in-doors and in rooms not bigger than HDB flats, SB600 good enough liow.. provided you have no use for CLS. Save the money. ../azul123

well done. thanks

[rodel]

one thing is good on SB800. it has Repeating Flash (strobe)

[Youhong]

Don't treat it as upgrade... Treat it as addition to firepower!

[rodel]

Originally Posted by Youhong Don't treat it as upgrade... Treat it as addition to firepower!

shiok!

[Youhong]

Use the word "add on" rather than "replace"

[fotoudavid]

primary school and secondary school, different at all.

[Xiao_shin]

Worth it. More powerful and have all the extra like 5th battery, colorgel omnibounce .

[Artosoft]

Never upgrade. Learn from this forum when I am looking for flash, SB800 is . Do your homework. IMHO, upgrade cost you much than a good decision from beginning.

Regards,
Arto.

[tenpa]

Hi Rodel,


I am a Sb600 user, I tried using the SB800 at a wedding yesterday. The SB800 is more reliable.. in many situations during weddings and places where flash is essential.

It is also much better with the gary fongs' light sphere, on a sb600 I have to +0.7 for the light to look good but on the sb800 it looks so much better without having to +/-.


I find the sb600 too slow and the ttl mode is not as good as the sb800's. I do not know the technical aspects. But from a layman point of view it's worth extra.

But I find that the sb600 looks better if you can wait for the batteries to recycle. The Sb800 would be too bright for some cases.. But that's because I am a newbie.

[Scaglietti]

Originally Posted by tenpa Hi Rodel, I am a Sb600 user, I tried using the SB800 at a wedding yesterday. The SB800 is more reliable.. in many situations during weddings and places where flash is essential. It is also much better with the gary fongs' light sphere, on a sb600 I have to +0.7 for the light to look good but on the sb800 it looks so much better without having to +/-. I find the sb600 too slow and the ttl mode is not as good as the sb800's. I do not know the technical aspects. But from a layman point of view it's worth extra. But I find that the sb600 looks better if you can wait for the batteries to recycle. The Sb800 would be too bright for some cases.. But that's because I am a newbie.

Without the 5th battery attached, SB-800 recycles slower than the SB-600 (according to the specs, IIRC).

BC

[Artosoft]

Originally Posted by Scaglietti Without the 5th battery attached, SB-800 recycles slower than the SB-600 (according to the specs, IIRC). BC

IIRC SB800 recycles slower than SB600 because GN of SB800 is higher than SB600.

Regards,
Arto.

[digisnap]

Useful thread

[philipcs]

i am using SB600. IMHO, unless you are shooting a lot of wedding or event if not, i dont think is worth to upgrade.

[Spectrum]

Originally Posted by Scaglietti Without the 5th battery attached, SB-800 recycles slower than the SB-600 (according to the specs, IIRC). BC

Hi there,
I also realised that the SB-800 can continuously fired 2 shots (max.) of the actual power of light if your shots is in continuous frame mode (either the faster or the slower one, it makes no difference at all). With only 4 batteries in it as I experience that.
Any other dude out there experience that before? And care to share too?