REVIEW : Nikon SB-5000 Speedlight

REVIEW : Nikon SB-5000 Speedlight

Possibly one of the most popular speedlights ever is gone, Nikon's venerable SB-910.  Strobists all over the world came to depend on this very popular hotshoe flash.  Why is it gone?  Nikon has stepped up their game to add radio control to their lineup, extending the Creative Lighting System to become the Advanced Wireless System (AWS).  The first in the family is the SB-5000.

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Nikon makes it official, the D5 is coming

Nikon makes it official, the D5 is coming

It’s official.  Nikon has announced that the D5 is coming.  The D5 will be the follow-on to the professional grade D4S.  Nikon also announced the pending release of the SB-5000 Speedlight and the WT-6 wireless transmitter.  The release is included at the bottom of this article and I find it very Rumsfeldian.  We don’t know when, we don’t know where and we don’t know how much, but it’s coming.  Regardless, the announcement is absolutely necessary.

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