Nikon speedlight comparison

Nikon speedlights compared

Nikon speedlights

The table below is a quick guide to enable people to quickly check the most common specifications between the various Nikon speedlights currently available. Since doing the write-up on the Metz 58 AF-1, I've been getting quite a few questions about it, so I thought I'd include it here as many people seem to be deciding between the SB-800 and 58 AF-1. I hope you find it of some use..

	Nikon SB-R200	Nikon SB-400	Nikon SB-600	Nikon SB-800	Metz 58 AF-1
GN	33ft at 24mm ISO 100	69ft at 27mm ISO 100	98ft at 35mm ISO 100	125ft at 35mm with ISO 100 / 184ft at 105mm with ISO 100	138ft at 50mm with ISO 100 / 192ft at 105mm with ISO 100
Recycle Time	6sec	2.5sec with Ni-MH	2.5sec with Ni-Mh	2.7sec with Ni-Mh	*1
Power source	one CR-123A	two AA batteries	four AA batteries	four or five AA batteries	four AA batteries
Supported modes	i-TTL, D-TTL, TTL, manual control	i-TTL, manual control	i-TTL, D-TTL, TTL, manual control	i-TTL, D-TTL, TTL, AA, Auto, manual control	i-TTL, D-TTL, TTL, Auto, manual control
Tilt/rotate head	no	tilt	tilt & rotate	tilt & rotate	tilt & rotate
Sync socket support	yes	no	no	yes	no
Wireless support	yes - remote	no	yes - remote	yes - remote & commander	yes - remote & commander
Coverage Range	24mm	27mm	24-85mm *2	24-105mm *2	24-105mm *2
Auto-FP / HSS support	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
unit weight	120g	127g	300g	350g	355g

*1 - Metz technical data sheet indicates recycling time of between .1 - 5 seconds using Ni-Mh, but unable to give fair comparrison to other speedlights so omitted from table

*2 - 14mm is achieved with SB-600 & SB-800 using built-in adapter, likewise Metz reaches 18mm using its built-in adapter.

* specifications gathered from downloaded manuals of the various speedlights and from the Nikon, Metz & B&H websites.

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