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this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28 since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
 
here is a link with some user testimonials. Enjoy & let me know what u think.

http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/flashes/product_5875.asp
dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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I'm very happy too with my SB-22s. I think it works great when bouncing in the ceiling. The flesh tones seem perfect aswell.

This picture is taken in a hospital room where the ceiling is fairly high up (about 5-6 meters) and I used the flash to bounce in the ceiling:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1342958&a=11208670&p=39218983&Sequence=0&res=high

Petra
dizzynoodle said:
http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/flashes/product_5875.asp
dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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You'll enjoy your SB-22s, I've had one for a month now and am very pleased with it. I paid $145 for it at B&H Photo so you beat my price by $2. Like you I was looking for a reasonably priced speedlight with bounce capabilities when I stumbled on to the SB-22s. It was actually far more than I wanted to pay but I just didn't want to take the chance of damaging my 990 with an off brand flash although that many folks use them without any problem. I had a hard time finding the AS-E900 flash adapter but I also located that at B&H Photo. It cost an arm and a leg ($40) but I find all of Nikon's accessories to be quite expensive.
 
very natural shot, quite impressive ! G;ad to see others happy with the unit... check this out i think that is such a smart idea i just stumbeled across it, i was always keen to setup multiple flash [slave setup] but did not want to use the CP990 flash as a part of that setup, this smart man came up with a simple and logical solution !!! interesting.... :)

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=10081&a=167155&p=10517169&Sequence=1&res=high
PowerPet said:
This picture is taken in a hospital room where the ceiling is
fairly high up (about 5-6 meters) and I used the flash to bounce in
the ceiling:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1342958&a=11208670&p=39218983&Sequence=0&res=high

Petra
dizzynoodle said:
http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/flashes/product_5875.asp
dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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BOB, Intresting that u brought up the topic, NIKON accs are very expensive... i was in the same position quite skeptical about using non-NIKON accs [fear of damaging the 990!] i think i will run out an buy the something900 bracket so i can use the flash! did u check out the link i posted last with the slave units ? smart way to save... each of his slaves cost him $20 !! funnu huh ? and no fear of cam damage !!! well....
Bob said:
dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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You'll enjoy your SB-22s, I've had one for a month now and am very
pleased with it. I paid $145 for it at B&H Photo so you beat my
price by $2. Like you I was looking for a reasonably priced
speedlight with bounce capabilities when I stumbled on to the
SB-22s. It was actually far more than I wanted to pay but I just
didn't want to take the chance of damaging my 990 with an off brand
flash although that many folks use them without any problem. I had
a hard time finding the AS-E900 flash adapter but I also located
that at B&H Photo. It cost an arm and a leg ($40) but I find all
of Nikon's accessories to be quite expensive.
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Oh boy...had I only known that. I bought the SB22 and I really miss the swivel. Now you have the perfect flash for the 990!
Isabel
dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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WEnt to your link and under "Weaknesses" says, "Doesn't rotate"...I don't see any swivel on it. I'm confused.
Isabel
dizzynoodle said:
http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/flashes/product_5875.asp
dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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Hey Isabel,

The cool thing about this flash is the fact that only the tip of the flash [literally the part that flashes is what flips up in degrees along with the cool built in (optional to use diffuser) as for the rotation i believe they are refering to vertical spin as opposed to horizontal(what u need to bounce - usually off a ceiling ({but not always!}) Hope that clears your confusion ;)
Isabel Cutler said:
dizzynoodle said:
http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/flashes/product_5875.asp
dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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I've been using the sb22s for a couple of months and am also very pleased with it. A neat trick I discovered is you can attach a bounce card by simply cutting out a small piece of card and slipping it in the crack between the swivel and the flash while the wideangle diffuser is on. Works great.
dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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I love my SB22 on my 950. Works well, though I often use it hand-held without the bracket, which really doesn't sit very flat on the 950

Steve
Bob Frfeeman said:
If there is anything said in this string that does NOT apply to the
950 also?

+Bob Freeman in Tallahassee
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B&H is a well known and respectred company, but I did a search for other SB-22s prices and found two:

http://www.expresscameras.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=SB-22S Prices are: $129.95* (Import-limited warranty) & $159.95 (U.S. price-standard Nikon warranty)

http://www.hotbuyselectronics.com/item_detail.asp?item_id=1193 . Price quoted is $114.98, without mention of warranty (I'll phone them on Monday)

Only $15 more at B&H who is probably the safest buy though.

BTW, Neither of the other two companies are listed in http://www.resellerratings.com/ whereas B&H is rated a 6.3 out of a possible 7.0 (max.)
Bob Freeman in Tallahassee
 
I have an SB22 (without the S) and it "swivels" too according to your definition. Most flashes have tops that will tilt up to bounce. I interpret swivel to mean it goes side to side. For a short while I had a Sunpak 433D which does swivel side to side, but I found it difficult to use since it did not squelch the flash enough at closer range and I didn't want to bother with the filters (which I also bought). I found I was spending too much time trying to adjust exposures. I just love the SB22. I do have a ball and socket adapter with which I can turn the flash to bounce off the ceiling in portrait mode...BUT it places too much strain on the short PC cord, so I don't use it....I know I can get a Nikon cord that is about 5 feet long, but don't really want to tote around all that cord! My reason for going digital, besides immediacy, was to go light!!!
Isabel
dizzynoodle said:
The cool thing about this flash is the fact that only the tip of
the flash [literally the part that flashes is what flips up in
degrees along with the cool built in (optional to use diffuser) as
for the rotation i believe they are refering to vertical spin as
opposed to horizontal(what u need to bounce - usually off a ceiling
({but not always!}) Hope that clears your confusion ;)
Isabel Cutler said:
dizzynoodle said:
http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/flashes/product_5875.asp
dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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The SB-22S has always had a bounce head.

I love mine--much better than the cheap Sunpack it replaced. One thing I find, though, is that TTL on the 950 tends to underexpose bounce shots. I don't know if it's just my camera or what. What I do is leave the camera on TTL, but select the second or third most powerful manual setting on the flash. It works well about 95% of the time.
dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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I went and had a quick look at the flash.
It appears to be a nice unit.
Can anyone tell me if the Focus Assist light works with the CP990?
(I would expect it not to but I would be pleasantly suprised if it does)

...Lyall
dizzynoodle said:
this was amazing... today i found and bought an SB-22s flash to use
on my CP990, i was hesitant to pay a heavy price tag for the SB-28
since much of it's features are not used bythe CP990 and did not
want to o for the SB-22 since i could not bounce light - no swivel
head, but guess what ? now the Sb-22s has a swivel head with a
built-in optional diffuser [wideangle] really cool, the price was
decent [i think Us$ 143] hope this interests many of u who where
waiting for such a unit !

dizzynoodle
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