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.
总体来说，因为日圆相对去年有较大的贬值，原来按日圆在日本买进并不很和算的机器，现在在日本购买可能比去年同期便宜了四分之一(按2012年100日圆换8块人民币，2013年100日圆换6块人民币计算)。尽管如此，并不是说全部的机器都是在日本买最便宜，比如EOS60D，在日本的售价跟国内几乎相同。顺便一提，在日本销售的机型通常没有全球联保，回到国内一旦损坏只能自费修理。
