Nikon SB-900 Speedlight
The high-performance SB-900 is the successor to the Nikon SB-800, and offers a large guide number of 34/48 (ISO 100/200, m) and an array of creative flash functions. It is designed to prioritize usability in combination with Nikon digital cameras compatible with Nikon’s Creative Lighting System. It provides a wide 17-200 mm auto zoom range (24-105 mm with SB-800), three illumination patterns, a newly designed operation system and LCD panel, and AF-Assist illumination compatible with new-generation AF sensors.
The SB-900 also features an improved booster circuit for high-speed recycle time. Additionally, firmware can be uploaded via a Nikon digital camera — a world’s first* for flash units. The SB-900 serves as a solid base for the Nikon Creative Lighting System when used in combination with current Nikon digital SLRs, and it supports Advanced Wireless Lighting (multiple wireless flash units) as a master or a remote Speedlight, inviting users to explore the many creative possibilities.
*The world’s first flash unit capable of firmware updates via a digital SLR camera as of July 1, 2008 (according to research conducted by NIKON CORPORATION).
Key Features
- Multi-step auto zoom covers wide 17-200mm zoom range (24-105mm..SB-800)
- Three illumination patterns (standard, centre-weighted and even) are available to match each shooting environment
- Automatically detects Nikon FX and Nikon DX formats and selects suitable light distribution
- Improved booster circuit for high-speed recycle time: Recycle time using four AA-size batteries is almost equal to the SB-800 with five AA-size batteries
- New AF-Assist illumination covers a wide 20-105 mm focal range compatible with the new Multi-CAM3000 FX/DX AF sensor
- Firmware update via Nikon D3 and D700 (world’s first*)
- Thermal Cut-out function limits the number of flashes to avoid deterioration of light emitting parts caused by continuous flash firing
- Automatically detects colour filters (fluorescent or incandescent), enabling camera to control colour temperature according to filter information from SB-900
- Improved switch panel for enhanced usability
- Improved GUI using a large-size LCD dot panel
- Bounce capability: tilts up to 90º, down to -7º, rotates horizontally 180º to right and left
- Advanced Wireless Lighting and versatile functions for up to three remote SB-900s or other compatible Speedlight groups controlled through the master SB-900
- Optional Water Guard WG-AS1 (for D3), WG-AS2 (for D300), and WG-AS3 (for D700) is useful for protecting the camera's hot shoe contact when the SB-900 is mounted on a Nikon digital SLR camera