Nikon SB-400 pcworld.com User Reviews

I'm very glad I bought this flash to complement my new camera. Works great, just point and shoot without any complicated adjustments. Flash itself is very compact and easy to carry. It also comes with its own zippered carrying case.

Easy operation, excellent for beginning photographer, yet delivers very powerful lights when needed. It gets rid of that lens hood shadow

It does not swivel

Flash is great if used with a D70. However, if you do a lot of bounce flash vertically, this only bounces off a side wall, not the ceiling as you can't flip the angle of the bounce flash. Overall good if you shoot straight on but a diffuser is definately...

Small Little Flash

Not as much power as I would hope

I bought this flash because of it's affordable price and the fact that it works easily with my Nikon D40X. The flash is very light so I carry it all the time. It uses AA batteries available anywhere. The flash is strong, recycles fast for multiple shots a...

Lightweight, easy to travel with. Strong flash, ease of use, horizontal bounce, build quality, excellent locking hot shoe, simple on/off use, runs on AA batteries, fast recycle time

no sideways bounce which is difficult for vertical pictures

I was using a Nikon CoolPix 5000 with a sb-600 flash and a wide angle lens. Wanted something smaller and lighter. Picked up a CoolPix P5000 with a wide angle lens. The sb-600 flash was bigger than the camera, so I borrowed a friends sb-400. Very skeptical...

TTL-Simple, small, compact-Light (weight)-Powerful (on only 2 AA Batteries)-Tons of flashes-Landscape flash bounce

No swivel for portrait (sideways) bounce shots-Not powerful enough for continuous shots-No manual mode

This product is perfect for you if you own a D40 DSLR camera but you hate its built in pop up flash and don't want to buy a heavy and expensive external flash. Use the SB-400 flash when taking photos indoors and you'll love your pictures the way you've ne...

Multi-position flash head eliminates hard shadows and burned-out highlights. Indicator light is very visible outdoors. It has fast recycling time with very good battery life

Sideways tilt function should have been included in the design. Doesn't fit snugly in the accessory shoe but the built in lock works very well

This is a great flash unit. I bought it for my Nikon D50 after reading several reviews on the internet. I photograph a lot of bluegrass concerts and took it to the first one tonight. The pictures taken while using this flash were very good. The only probl...

Stronger flash than built-in flash on my Nikon D50. Very compact, sturdy built

Red-eye appears to be more of a problem than with the built in flash

As a new DSLR camera user, it was recommended that I purchase an external flash for indoor conditions. After looking at all of the speedlights, I decided on this due to its small size and weight. Since it is small I can leave it attached and it still fits...

Small size, good illumination, light, price, flash tilt

Does not seem to reach as far as I would like

This is a perfect complement for the D40. Light, portable, inexpensive. And it only runs on 2 AA batteries! It can give better photos than the D40's built-in flash. For indoor portraits, the bounce flash gets much better-lit pictures. The flash cycles qui...

Built-in vertical swivel for bounce flash, operates on only 2 AA batteries, small and light

No IR for autofocus, rudimentary status display (only one LED)

This flash was just what I wanted for my D50. A compact flash easy to put on when I want to have a bounce, or stronger flash than the built-in.Build quality is excellent on the flash, and the power light is easy to see in direct sun, and is not annoying i...

Small size, bounce capability, easy to put on and take off

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I wasn't certain if I would need a speedlight with my D50, but after reading up on it and seeing some pictures online, I was convinced that it would help improve my photos. And I'm happy to say that I'm very satisfied about my purchase. I'm an amateur pho...

The price is completely worth the purchase - a little over $100. Easy to use, compact, capable in its lighting abilities, and dramatically improves your photos

Swivels vertically only, but if you're like me and take mostly landscapes, it'll be a minor issue