When you think of photography accessories, of what do you think? Cameras? Of course, they’re not. Lenses? No, too integral. Tripods? I feel they are their own item, not an accessory. Flashes? I say yes, because what good is a flash without a camera, but Nikon lists flashes as their own category, not an accessory. Can we all just agree that straps and caps are accessories and if not, how do you define an accessory?
Speedlights
For the sake of this article, let’s start with flashes, a.k.a. speedlights. The top of the line from Nikon is the SB-5000 AF Speedlight with a powerful 113' guide number, a zoom head that reaches 200mm, 1.8-second recycling time, and a shoe-mount cooling system. Most important, it provides radio control Advanced Wireless Lighting when used with a D5 or D500 DSLR equipped with the WR-R10 Wireless Remote Controller and WR-A10 Wireless Remote Adapter. If you are a photojournalist, portraitist, or a wedding photographer, this flash is the end goal. However, I use the SB-700 AF Speedlight, which is smaller, less expensive, and serves my needs well. It provides most of the same features as the SB-5000 but with slightly less power and range. It also uses an optical pulse to trigger wireless operation, which limits its effectiveness when shooting with multiple flashes, compared to the SB-5000. Also from Nikon are the SB-500 and SB-300 flash units.
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