neewer 750ii ttl flash speedlite with lcd display price

I have a Nikon DSLR and a Nikon SB-600 flash. The flash has only been working intermittently lately which seems to be a fairly common issue with SB-600’s. So before plunking down big $ on a new Nikon flash, I recalled meeting a pro about a year and a half ago that uses top end Canon gear and swore by Neewer flashes. For the price I figured I would give it a shot as I really wasn’t sure if it was the flash or the body that was causing the intermittent flash. Well, now all is good again- it was the flash. This flash is intuitive to use for basic flash photography. One day I might read the manual but so far, it fires every time and yields good exposure. A bargain for under $60! Last time I spent this little on a flash was decades ago when I bought my second vivitar 283. I really don’t see how you can go terribly wrong buying this flash.

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Compatible with Nikon D7200 D7100 D7000 D5500 D5300 D5200 D5100 D5000 D3300 D3200 D3100 D3000 D700 D600 D500 D90 D80 D70 D60 D50 and Other Nikon DSLR Cameras

" ...  The zoom function is okay, though I haven"t found much use for it yet (I"ll update my review if that changes) and without the iTTL it"s mostly just more work for the same results that I was getting using a much cheaper Amazon Basics flash.  ...  "

Neewer 750II TTL Flash Speedlite with LCD Display for Nikon D7200 D7100 D7000 D5500 D5300 D5200 D5100 D5000 D3300 D3200 D3100 D3000 D700 D600 D500 D90 D80 D70 D60 D50 and Other…

Compatible with Nikon D7200, D7100, D7000, D5500, D5300, D5200, D5100, D5000, D3300, D3200, D3100, D3000, D700, D600, D500, D90, D80, D70, D60, D50, Series, D60, D50, D41, Series etc.

Wow! First thing out of the box, trying several random TTL snapshots around the house, just Wow! Really excellent easy results. First impression was really good. I like it.

What"s not to like? It"s a relabeled Meike flash (appears to be the Meike MK-951), for only $54 USD. The Neewer VK750 II speedlight is decent power and fully featured. Not quite fully powered, about 0.8 stop less power than the SB-800, or about equal to a SB-700, but the SB-700 price will buy six of these!

It works very well in TTL and Manual modes, performance is nice. Results seemed to just always be about right, amazing minimal need for TTL compensation (that"s Big Talk, TTL simply cannot work like that, but it really does seem nice). It has convenient menus, and all the necessary features to use it: Zooms 18 to 180 mm (18 mm really means for DX only). It is iTTL, bounce head tilts to 90 degrees, head rotates 180 degrees left and 90 degrees right, with pullout bounce card and pull out wide angle diffuser. It has 1/3 stop compensation for TTL mode (and the camera can control it too). Manual mode does third stops to 1/128 power. Has a PC sync connector (threaded) for Manual flash. It has optical slave modes S1 and S2, each with their own normal menus (handy and obvious to use).

It recycles full power level in about 2.5 seconds (Eneloop NiMH, batteries Not included). FV Lock and Rear Curtain Sync work (those are camera functions). This flash has both the wheel clamp and pin shoe lock, so you have to rotate the wheel all the way up, which retracts the pin, then you can remove the flash. Foot has a steel hot shoe plate. It comes with a fabric draw string case and a plastic flat slave stand (aluminum threads in bottom). Sync voltage is a very safe five volts. Says it accepts a Nikon SD-8A type external battery pack. There are more descriptions about flash features at Beginners Guide to Select a Hot Shoe Flash.

TTL Bounce flash, standing under a ten foot ceiling, works at ISO 400 f/5.6 (but f/4 is always routinely safer to allow some margin, for scene variables and compensation and faster recycle, etc).

HSS FP flash mode and a Remote mode for Nikon Commander seem the only features Not in this model. If your camera does not have a Commander, those would be of no use anyway. It seems a really fine flash for general use, certainly including bounce flash. The VK750 II would be an really excellent choice for a beginner just getting into flash, before spending hundreds of dollars.

However yes, there are a few little things.The Neewer spec says guide number 58 (meters, 105 mm zoom), which seems like they printed the wrong GN chart. The Meike MK-951 spec says GN 42 (meters, 105 mm), and the actual power is near one stop less than GN 58. Still rather adequate power, more equivalent to Nikon SB-700 class, but not one of the fully powered flashes. For higher ceilings, bounce flash use would like the higher power rating.

18 mm zoom is very optimistic. They must be assuming DX only, and it is fine for DX. They just don"t say that, but it"s a 24 mm zoom. The Meike MK-951 spec says 24 mm zoom. See more below. I found auto zoom into 18 mm to be a little balky, but a couple of tries works. The zoom motor is slightly loud.

I saw an incompatibility with the old Nikon SC-17 hot shoe extension cord (three of them). Sometimes it worked, but usually wouldn"t, it could not see the camera, and it caused the camera viewfinder to show blanks for f/stop and shutter speed. Sometimes it will work if pulling the VK750 back slightly, not quite fully seated in the SC-17, sometimes there is a position where it might work (not easy to find). But there is absolutely no problem when mounted directly on the camera hot shoe.

Based on the few I have seen, the following appears to be true of all third party flashes:No warning of TTL underexposure at full power. This is a Nikon warning that the TTL flash has limited out at full power, but still cannot deliver the greater requested demand (for example, attempting ceiling bounce flash at f/16 ISO 100, which is not a reasonable try — try f/4 for bounce). This is my only real complaint, but it seems true of third party flashes in general. Such warning can tell us in advance that "compensation isn"t going to work here, we can only reduce power demands". This is a standard feature on Nikon TTL flashes, to give warning of that situation (flashing Ready light and beeps, and LCD display of stops underexposure). This seems a great Nikon feature, but it seems not a third party feature.

very nice menu system... natural, convenient, intuitive, readable. The English translation in the manual could be much better, but the flash is very easy to use.

Was the price mentioned? $54 USD is absolutely amazing for this much flash. Any regular use (hot shoe TTL and bounce, off camera Manual Slave mode, etc) will give no problem and will act like a $330 SB-700. A few extra features may be missing, but regular use is very nice.

The Neewer VK750 II, the Yongnuo YN565EX, and the Aperlite YH-700 flash heads are larger than some, and if you might want a clear snap-on diffuser dome for bounce flash, those for a SB-900 Nikon will fit all three of them. I am not a fan of the domes, I prefer the pull out bounce card, but I bought one to check size. The one I tried was Neewer Flash Bounce Light Diffuser Dome for Nikon SB900

The Nikon iTTL system defaults to actually be TTL BL mode (Balanced Fill Flash, same as the SB-700 mode). And like the Nikon flashes too, indoor TTL BL bounce flash often is better exposed with up to about +1 EV flash compensation, but that"s the camera metering system, not the flash. Camera Spot metering mode switches the flash metering out of TTL BL mode, to be actual TTL mode, but Spot metering itself is only about the ambient light, and the flash system does not use Spot metering (more below). The camera controls TTL flash and TTL metering.

The VK750 II does do the job very well, it is a very usable flash, ample power, versatile, and seems dependable. I am well satisfied with the flash and its features and power and performance, and the price for this much flash seems amazing. If a few hundred dollars of price has put off acquiring a flash, consider this one, a good usable flash. The price is a great feature, which simply buys more in this model.