Customer Reviews:
 SB400 Flash review June 28, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I just received the SB400 and used it for a family wedding. I discovered the two AA battery power source did not last very long and locked up my D80. I removed the SB400 and the camera work fine. The speedlite was a significant improvement over the on board flash for a large gathering and I was please with the overall performance.
 Works great and is wonderfully small June 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I use the SB-400 with a D40, and it is great. It works exactly the way I need it to - automatically. In general I prefer natural light photography, but when I do use flash for indoor portraits, this unit suits me perfectly. The front tilts for bounce flashing off the ceiling, which is how I use flash 90% of the time. The nice thing is that ONLY the front tilts, not the whole unit, so everything stays wonderfully small and compact. Yeah, you can get a bigger, more powerful sb-600 or 800, but those things are huge. Especially when tilted up for bounce flash. If you need more control and extra options and power, then go with the bigger more expensive flashes, but for most D40 users - this flash fits perfectly. And it's pretty reasonably priced as well.
One thing, pick up some rechargeable batteries as well. Any flash will eat power quickly. I use Sanyo Eneloops and they are amazing - they last a lot longer in between charges than standard alkalines.
In conclusion, if you have a Nikon D40, get this external flash. Your indoor pictures (especially portraits) will be 100% better than if you use the on-camera flash. And once you discover bounce-flash, you'll always avoid having to use standard straight-on flash again.
SB-400: Who could ask for anything more? June 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This little guy is fantastic! I used it to shoot a wedding recently, and was very pleased with the performance, especially when coupled with a flash bracket. This is now my "carry" flash.
If you are shooting an event with this guy, make sure to have plenty of spare AA batteries! The response time starts to lag (expectedly) as the batteries warm up and lose charge, so keep spares where you can get to them and not miss the action.
SB-400 AF June 9, 2008
I am most definetly an amateur photographer, but realized that for some of my indoor shots, the flash on my D40x was not enough to gain the effect I wanted. I don't do photo shoots, I just take pictures of my nieces, nephews, grandchild, etc. The recent photos I took at an indoor church wedding were perfectly lit.
Nikon SB-400 Versatile and handy June 9, 2008
This little flash is extremely simple to operate - it has an on/off switch and a bounce flash head. Angle it up to use the ceiling as a reflector or build a small diffuser or reflector with a sheet of paper. Results are extremely good and consistent, but the real news is how tiny it is for its output, and how many flashes you get from a set of batteries. Comes with a its own little case and takes up no space in your camera bag and weighs nothing. Nikon got it right on this one. Highly recommended.
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