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With the SB-5000 AF Speedlight, Nikon has completely rethought both on-camera and off-camera lighting. It features the first shoe-mounted flash cooling system in the world and revolutionary radio control for the Creative Lighting System with Advanced Wireless Lighting. The SB-5000's features alone would place it at the top of the speedlight heap, but it doesn't stop there. It also offers a strong guide number of 113' at ISO 100 and 35mm while also becoming smaller overall than its predecessors.

Naturally, the SB-5000 AF Speedlight works quickly and precisely with Nikon's i-TTL automatic exposure technology, which is available in the majority of their cameras. To fully utilise the capabilities of the radio control system built into the SB-5000, a camera that is compatible with it must be used in conjunction with the WR-A10 Wireless Remote Adapter and WR-R10 Wireless Remote Controller. This eliminates the need for a line of sight and allows the camera and flash to wirelessly operate up to six groups of flashes from up to 98' away. Additionally, for optimum adaptability, the SB-5000's radio system and current optical triggering technology for previous units can be mixed and matched.

Flash Design and Output

• Flash head tilts with click-stops at -7°, 0°, 45 °, 60°, 75°, and 90° and rotates left and right with click-stops at 0°, 30°, 60°, 75°, 90°, 120°, 150°, and 180°
• A first for shoe-mounted flashes, a built-in cooling system enables over 100 consecutive bursts at full output without overheating
• Running on four AA batteries, a quick recycle time of 1.8-2.6 seconds is possible. SB-5000 can also be powered via the optional SK-6 Power Bracket Unit and SD-9 High-Performance Battery Pack to further reduce recycle times and increase the number of flashes per charge
• Guide number of 113' at ISO 100 and 35mm or 180' at ISO 100 and 200mm
• Manual power output from 1/1 to 1/256
• Flash exposure compensation from -3 to +3 EV in 1/3 EV steps
• Flash duration of 1/980 to 1/30,820 second depending on output setting
• Full sync mode support is available with slow, high-speed, 1st and 2nd curtain options.
• Coverage of 14-24mm in FX when using built-in wide-angle diffusion panel
• 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
• Updated flash design includes a backlit rear LCD panel, a dedicated Info button for fast access to commonly adjusted settings, and an auxiliary PC terminal for additional wired triggering options
• Customize settings with Unified Flash Control using Nikon's Camera Control Pro 2 software from a computer. Also, flash firmware can be updated through the camera

Wireless Flash Control

• 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 Adapter
• Radio triggering range of 98' with no line-of-sight requirement and with control over 6 groups of flashes
• 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