SB800 Life

[cvjarrod]

SB800 on the way.

How many shots can I get out of one.

Just wanted to carry enough batteries to do the job.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Sw1tchFX]

alot, don't worry about it.

 

[dsp921]

I think the spec is 150 shots minimum with alkaline batteries. It'll be in the manual when you get it.

 

[JIP]

I don't know I guess there must be something wrong with my flash because wen I do a wedding with it I carry 3-4 sets of batteries and usually use them all just to keep the recycle times at an acceptable level where people arent waiting for my flash to warm up.

 

[Hair Bear]

Have a look here

http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/sb800.htm

I have seen info about batteries on one of the pages but havn't got time to loacte it for you.

 

[Patrice]

Last night was out 5 year old's school pagent. Large dark auditorium, SB800 on TTL bounced off the ceiling, shooting from the back of the room: result - after 55 shots the recycle time was greater than 10 seconds. Shooting as fast as the flash would recycle also made it noticeably warm to the touch.

 

[PhilosophyAskew]

I've been using my new sb-800 all week since I got it last saturday. I've taken around 200 pics with it and it recycles in about 3-4 seconds. It's also still on it's first set of 5 batteries. Knock off brand too. I love this flash and highly reccommend it. I got mine off amazon for about $330 which I thought was a fair price.