Yesterday I went to ISDAK Dance Party to take pictures since I am a photographer of RA team. Last time I used Nikon SB-26 D7000 combination and found focusing is a little slow than I expected, also because SB-26 doesn’t work on TTL mode with D7000, so I sold it on yahoo auction(8000 yen).
I thought with build-in speed light at least I can went through last night, but I was wrong. First there is no bounce function so every picture with speed light is unnatural, secondly because Nikon 17-55mm F2.8 has a huge head, which blocks assistance focusing light, so it was very difficult to focusing in dark.It was so embarrassing that someone wave hand or make pose for you to shoot and you push down shutter button but it doesn’t release , I lost at lease 10 nice scenes. Then I just recalled that SB-26 has a red window with light in it, it might helps for focusing in dark environment.
So, I need a speed light with i-TTL works with D7000. Because I sold my Nikon F5, although I have a Nikon F80s, but who shoots with film in dark with speed light in 21st century 🙂 . Anyway, it doesn’t matter if it support old film body, so SB-600 is good, SB-700 or other later model are also fine for this job.
I start selling my old film gears for DX 17-55 F2.8 last month, and picture quality changed dramatically since that. It is expensive but worthy. FX equipment are too expensive, and since I took pictures only for facebook uploading, DX is good enough, but accessories such as speed light and remote control are defiantly needed.
