Placed my orders & paid them monday morning & got them the next day. Shopping from them is very good cuz their services are superb (products & delivery time). =) Let me go on with a bit of intro.
The things are very well packed so that its protected from opening or damaged. (Good for buyers)
Here are the stuff i bought. All four items, the speedlight, battery charger, batteries & diffuser are in good shape. Choose the Sanyo Eneloop batteries cuz what i know its the best rechargeable batteries for photographers plus its cheap at RM30+ for a pack of two. Rumors is saying that Panasonic is buying over Sanyo because of its Eneloop's technology.
First of all let me go on to the Nikon SB-900 SpeedLight. Its Nikon's Flagship SpeedLight for its performance. Improvement from its previous SB-800 the SB-900 has better power, faster recycle time, better GUI & flexibility. The package comes with Flashgun itself (made in JAPAN), the speedlight stand, the diffusion dome, Color filter holder & the 4 types of filters, the softcase to put all the items mentioned, manual, a collection of example photos & an international warranty. Bought it for RM1,695.00. For me i think it was a good deal cuz i see most of the shops in kuching selling at RM1,888.00 the difference of almost RM200.00. =)
Put on my D80 and damn it was super big & it made me clear of what is my next upgrade. A bigger body for example the Nikon D300 or the upcoming D400. =)
Below are some pics taken with the flash on my D80 with a Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 shooting with the flash at TTL (Through The Lens). Got my Gundam Strike-Freedom as my subject with a light blue background. Very good control over the shadows and the evenly distributed light.
I saw reviews about the overheating problem of the SB-900 after 60 shots on full power but i haven reach there yet. Some say its because of the batteries that has high mAh, and some say its because of the thermal cut being set too low by NIKON. Rumors are saying that the new firmware will solve this problem but at the mean time we can simply just turn that function off but have to be careful not to abuse it too much. =)
Now for the Lambency Flash Diffuser that comes with four color domes. (as u can see from the pic) Not sure how to use the color dome. All i know is bounce. =) This diffuser cost me only RM75.00 & its cheap. Below are some pics taken with the color dome on.
Diffuser on without color Dome.
White Dome. (Not much of a difference. Maybe in different situations do.)
Yellow Dome.
Blue Dome.
Orange Dome.
Finally the the Maha Powerex 8 battery charger. Its a high performance AA/AAA battery charger that has 8 individual charging circuits that can discharge & then charge individually. (This is good as it will not harm the batter's lifespan) Not only that its normal charging time is 1 Hour only & its soft charging is 2 Hours regardless of number of batteries. (This is very fast for a battery charger of eight) This here cost me RM269.00. To some people its very expensive & not a must to have cuz a normal charger will do but to me its the performance that matters. Haven tried it yet cuz my Eneloops are still full. Will do a review again on the Maha Powerex Battery charger again when i use it. =)
