Nikon SB-5000 AF Speedlight

Introducing Nikon’s new flagship Speedlight, a flash designed to empower the most seasoned professionals and passionate enthusiasts. The SB-5000 AF Speedlight takes Nikon’s acclaimed Creative Lighting System with Advanced Wireless Lighting to the next level with both traditional optical wireless control and powerful new radio control. Place up to six groups of remote flashes out of view, behind obstacles—even in other rooms—up to 98 feet away. Designed for fast shooting at weddings, commercial shoots or on the red carpet, the SB-5000 AF Speedlight also introduces the world’s first hot-shoe mount flash cooling system* for more than 100 consecutive shots at full output, all in a smaller design with streamlined operation. Whether building a new lighting system or integrating with your existing system, the SB-5000 AF Speedlight opens exciting new lighting possibilities.

Features

• Radio control Advanced Wireless Lighting when used with a D5 or D500 DSLR equipped with WR-R10 Wireless Remote Controller and WR-A10 Wireless Remote
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• Radio triggering range of 98′ with no line-of-sight requirement and with control over 6 groups of flashes

• Shoe-mount flash cooling system with a heat-shedding design enables over 100 bursts at full output without overheating

• Guide number of 113′ at ISO 100 and 35mm or 180′ at ISO 100 and 200mm

• Coverage of 14-24mm in FX when using built-in wide-angle diffusion panel

• Manual power output from 1/1 to 1/256

• Light distribution angle is automatically adjustable to the camera’s image area in both FX and DX formats with standard, even, and center-weighted options

• Wireless Commander TTL capabilities with both optical and radio trigger options

• Commander Mode to set up optical wireless flashes in 3 groups and in one of 4 channels

• Control and mix optical and radio flashes

• Backlit rear LCD panel

• Customize settings with Unified Flash Control and a personal computer with version 2.23 or later of Nikon’s Camera Control Pro 2 software installed

• Flash head tilts with click-stops at -7°, 0°, 45 °, 60°, 75°, and 90°

• Flash head rotates left and right with click-stops at 0°, 30°, 60°, 75°, 90°, 120°, 150°, and 180°

• Flash exposure compensation from -3 to +3 EV in 1/3 EV steps

• Info button for fast access to commonly adjusted settings

• Works with SK-6 Power Bracket Unit and SD-9 High-Performance Battery Pack

• Flash-ready indicator lights

• Flash duration of 1/980 to 1/30,820 second depending on output setting

• AF-assist light, modeling illuminator, monitor pre-flashes, and test firing settings

• Automatic color filter detection for adjusting the camera’s color temperature settings

• Firmware can be updated through camera