Haven't heard a word. I have been watching to see what Pocket wizard says about canon adding wireless, but I haven't seen a thing at all.

A new member "diode" is wondering about this....??? Any new word?

I hope that Nikon does something like the new Canon speedlight and soon. I find all these third party products to be flaky at best. It would be so nice to have something built-in and not added ON.

Ofeqve said:
I found the powering sequence is VERY important when using the mini/flex units. One always have to power the flash first, the triggers second and the last the camera. Powering off should be done in the same order.
One other thing causing trouble is blocking the SB900's filter sensor with any modifiers.

Sorry to take issue with your post Ofeqve, but Pocketwizard specifically suggest starting at the top and working down as you suggest, but powering off in reverse order. Camera-PW-Flash. This is the proceedure I follow and have never had a problem. Maybe you have?

@pictaker, me too. The AC3 is excellent.

I found the powering sequence is VERY important when using the mini/flex units. One always have to power the flash first, the triggers second and the last the camera. Powering off should be done in the same order.
One other thing causing trouble is blocking the SB900's filter sensor with any modifiers.

So far my new Elinchrom D-Lite IT (400ws) units which have the Skylite radios in each unit are working great. While these of course need plugging in, if we are using off camera flash, indoors, this may not be a problem. My experience suggests the small battery operated units just do not have the power I have needed.....so.. maybe Nikon is not as excited about the new product as one might hope for. Of course, Canon may have changed all that.

I have found the mini can be temperamental using a Flex on the camera is more reliable

have you updated the Firmware you should have version 3.003 (~september 2011)

I do have the flex mini setup, and it seems everyone is happy with them but me. On my einsteins and elinchorms they seem to work great but with the sb900's, they seem very moody. I was actually thinking of getting rid of them. It seems i make an adjustment to my camera then all the sudden ill change a setting, then a flash will stop firing. Nobody else has had problems with them?

I'm another happy camper with the Flex/Mini arrangement and 3 strobes (900/910). I also use the tiny AC-3. Excellent arrangement.

I have the Flex/Mini setup with three strobes, and yes they work fantastically.. but I have to admit it'd be nice to not have to mess with adding "a middle man."

As nether the D800 or the D4, have a flash radio transmitter, it seems unlikely this year or even next

Are you using the Pocket wizard Flex and Mini, once you Get used to them, they are very
good, no more worrying if the flash is in line of sight

http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=3021

Does anyone know if there is gonna be a replacement for the Sb 910 any time soon. I figured since the Nikon CLS flash system is there claim to fame and canon just released flashes with built in radio. I was hoping that would pressure nikon to release a flash with radio transmitters built in as well to stay on top. As they should, I can see Canon stealing Nikon users who are heavy speed light users because of this. Especially wedding photographer. I have 3 sb 900 and wanted to pick up some more, but not if there is gonna be a replacement soon otherwise I would be wasting my money. The only thing I know is about a year and a half ago I was in a room with the guy who is in charge of nikon flash division and he said putting radios in their flashes "was on their bucket list ", his exact words. But then the sb 910 came out. My guess is that the SB 910 was created to just solve the overheating problem and to just hold people over while a new flash was in the making. I guess I have not seen any rumors on the internet, has anybody heard anything?

Shucks, my Best Buy is alive and well.... the SB-910 was about $585. Incidentally, a lady was returning her SB-900 which had died... and had the "overheating, turn off" problem....another thread. But the guys at best Buy were very nice and had a D7000 in stock at regular price. And a cute little thing they called a D3100. Might fit in one's pocket almost.

Actually, I am happy the store is doing enough to stay afloat.

HI Skintbrit,
I am extremely sorry for the fact that I misunderstood your comment. My sincere apologies. You are absolutely right. Who care even if it is an open box. My understanding is that display units of flashes are not as mishandled by customers as the display camera and lenses. Moreover, they are more sturdier than camera and lens which are very sensitive to dirt and handling.

Thanks for the heads-up KVH.

Got the following from BB - price incl of sales tax:

SB-700 for $220.00
EN-EL15 for $52.00

All they had left from nikon was couple of kit zooms and a 35 1.8, however lots of canon stuff.

kvh said:
My friend, I dont think anywhere you are getting SB 910 for less than 500 bucks from any established online or brick and mortar stores. I was just sharing my experience. If you dont think $100 difference on a flash unit is not significant, don't worry abt it. Thx

Hi kvh, you misunderstood my comment. I was trying to say that at such a good price as the one you found ( you're right no one sells them so cheaply) that it didn't matter if it was an "open box" item, I'd have bought it anyway!

@SkintBrit: Best Buy aren't exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to retailing. Up here in Canada, there are spoons that are sharper.

Here's an example: Best Buy bought out a Canadian competitor, "Future Shop". Rather than re-brand Future Shop as Best Buy, they decided to operate the chain separately. Within the last 24 months, Best Buy has come in to my metropiltan area and opened two new Best Buy stores down the street from their Future Shop stores. The two chains have very similar websites and compete against each other as well as compete against the wider world.

Here's another: Canadians shopping online at Best Buy can only shop at the Canadian ".ca" version of the website. They are barred from shopping at the US version. Selection is poor. Checking just now, the only Nikon bodies available as body-only are the D7000 and D300s. They offer only five kits: D7000 + 18-105 mm; D3100 with 18-55mm; D3100 with 18-55mm and 55-200mm; two versions of D5100 with 18-55mm (one with a bag; the other with a memory card). The most expensive prime offered is the 60mm Micro @ $739, something of a niche product with all the great 50mm and 85mm glass available. So, poor selection.

*shrug* It's their business.

My friend, I dont think anywhere you are getting SB 910 for less than 500 bucks from any established online or brick and mortar stores. I was just sharing my experience. If you dont think $100 difference on a flash unit is not significant, don't worry abt it. Thx

kvh said:
Yesterday I walked in the got a Nikon SB910 for 385 bucks. I initially thought it was an open box item.

At that price who cares? Tell me, why do the closing stores not give their stock to the open ones? Is Best Buy in the states a franchise?

What?

One of our local Best Buys had a "still open" special of an in-stock D800. ;-)

Just to let you folks know there are some great deals available at closing locations of Best Buy. Yesterday I walked in the got a Nikon SB910 for 385 bucks. I initially thought it was an open box item. Amazing, this was new ones. They had two more in the stock along with one display model. Plz check out... You never know. BTW, the store was at Tustin CA.

Commander mode only matters in deciding which flash fires the pre-flash. So when your camera is set to Commander mode, the pop-up will fire (assuming the flash isn't shut) just before the shutter goes up (down?). This pre flash sends metering information to the external flashes with the proper power setting for them to fire.

Short answer, Yes, you can leave the camera bodies in TTL. If you are not using the SB910 as part of the exposure, it should be identical to the exposure you get using your pop-up flash to trigger the 600's (and also set not to contribute to the exposure).

Hi:
I have been firing/triggering two sb-600s as off-camera remotes using a D300 and D700 built-in popup flash with the camera set to e3 Commander mode for years. No problems. I just bought a sb-910 and I want to use it to fire the two sb-600s as remotes instead of the camera body popup flash. The sb-910 is mounted on the camera hotshoe. Ok, I set the sb-910 to "master" and everything appears to work fine (the 600s trigger) whether I set the D300 or D700 to e3 Commander mode or NOT. Can I leave the camera bodies in TTL? The sb-910 is triggering the two sb-600s whether the camera is set to Commander or TTL? But, is the exposure working like it is suppose to? The photographs look the same most of the time? thanks