Reviewed By: Allan Evans on 16/02/2008,     Customer Rating: 

I have got the Nikon D200 body and bought this SB600 flashgun, very easy to use, low power consumption and light weight, it does not come with diffuser dome I bought it separately, but it looks slightly lose as it is not for Nikon SB600 it is for Nikon SB800 but it fits fine.

Reviewed By: John Alldridge on 03/09/2007,     Customer Rating: 

As a ameture photographer, I am always trying out different photographic items. I regularly use the Nikon D70 and really appreciate the results from the SB-600 flash that I have bought a week back. The SB-800 is a bit more powerful, but the tradeoffs did not seem worth the price(about 150 GBP). The SB-600 is quite powerful and has a quicker recycle time along with more flashes per battery set. SB-600 can also be used as an independent remote flash unit with the Nikon D70 (or with another Nikon SB-800 unit). SB-600 is great for backlighting.

The SB-600 flash itself is very sturdy with a metal hotshoe. That will please anyone who has had a cheap plastic hotshoe with the old type flash units like Nikon SB-28DX version. The SB-600 unit has a diffusion screen built-in for closeups. Automatic flashhead zoom in the SB-600 links directly to the camera. that is very good of Nikon.

The Nikon SB-600 is fairly easy to understand illuminated control panel on back(actually a bit clearer than the more expensive version Nikon SB-800). Power saver option allows The Nikon SB-600 flash unit to partially shut down after a short period of non-use. The SB-600 powers back instantly when the camera's shutter button is lightly touched. the SB-600 is lightweight, compact, powerful enough for wedding photogaraphy, and indoor. The only missing item in the SB-600 kit is that Nikon does not supply the extra defuser, but I bought the Nikon SW-10 defuser separate which normally comes with Nikon SB-800, it works with SB-600 flash unit perfect but it is slightly loose hold.

Reviewed By: A J Nick, UK on 22/08/2007,     Customer Rating: 

I have a Nikon D70 and found the build in flash not powerful enough on many occasions. I decided to purchase SB-600 Speedlight flash based feedback from friends and review recommendations and in reality the Sb-600 speedlight does what they say. The SB-600 speedlight is very flexible yet simple to use in Nikon Flashguns class. When set as i-TTL and the camera controls it, even a untrained photographer can't go wrong, unless you want to bounce the light in the sky for indirect lighting, Pictures come way better in dark environments when compared with the ones taken with the built in speedligh. The flash auto-focus based on the camera's zoom really works great. The SB-600 Speedlight is a very sophisticated flash unit compared with some cheap non-branded units that claim to do be similar like sigma versions. The extra money you pay makes alot difference in functioning and quality. I believe most of us won't go wrong by choosing SB-600 speedlight, unless you do really advanced lighting studio work.