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

manufacturer	Nikon
Country of origin	Thailand

Nikon SB-5000 AF Speedlight