Clyde 13 Loc: Valpariso, Indiana

Has anybody tried Altura flash . Considering buying a flash for my Nikon camera.
Any good or bad reviews would help. Still got some time before I buy something.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Clyde, looks like you picked a winner!
https://spoilerfoiler.com/flash-for-nikon-d3500-reviews/

Terkat

Morning Clyde,

I have had one for a little over 1 year - absolutely no problems. Bought one of their remote shutter release attachments also - again no problems. I'd go for it!

All the best to you and yours - and stay safe during these interesting times,

Terry

uhaas2009

This kind of flash will not last long. I would go with flashpoint (adorama Warranty) later you can add some more items.

https://www.adorama.com/fplfsmzl2nk.html

And for OCF this trigger helps https://www.adorama.com/fprrr2pron.html

Nikon sb700 is really nice flash too. Can be triggered over CMD build in flash (I don’t know if your camera have CMD)

flyboy61 Loc: The Great American Desert

I got an Altura shoe-mount flash off da'Bay. As far as I can tell, every bit the equivalent of my Nikon SB 600; no High-speed flash, which I use seldom, anyway. And it only cost me $25, iirc.
BUT...I LOVE my new-to-me SB 800!

Clyde 13 Loc: Valpariso, Indiana

Thank you for the link. It is a flash made for Adorama by Goddox.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Good news and bad news.

I have been using electronic flash gear, professionally, for over 50 years. I also partnered in a business that specialized in electronic flash custom builds, specialized installations, and repairs. I am not the word's greatest flash guru but take this opinion for what it is worth.

As for speedlights, more or less, you get what you pay for. Most of them, within their price ranges, are very similar if not the same. They are usually in the 80 watt.second power input range- 100 w.s is rare in an on-camera-shoe-mounted flash unit. Most of them are made in China- even the Japanese manufacturers are outsourcing their name-brand flash unit production to Chineses manufacturers. Some may have been designed in the U.S., Germany, or Japan but still made in China. The Chinese don't worry much about patents and proprietary issues- so they make and market the own with many of the same features.

Yes! There are still a few really "cheapy" modes out there so don't expect to get much longevity out of a $25. unit- especially if you put it into heavy service. A seriously bad unit can malfunction and elevate the trigger voltage and kill your camera- rare- but it has happened!

My best advice is to find a flash unit that has the features and camera dedication you require and purchase it from a reputable dealer that backs up its products with a reasonable warranty. A good respectable dealer does not wnat to sell things that will become problematic in the long run, just to make a litte extra profit on a poorly crafted item.

Modern speedlights are great litte accessories- some have awesome circuitry as per exposure control and other versatile features. The results you get will depend on your knowledge of lighting and good applied flash technique and full understanding of how the flash dedication integrates with you cameras TTL system and both a main and fill light source

Basically, all speedlighs can mount on a hot shoe- convenient, but not necesserally always the best aesthetic position for exceptional lighting. Most feature a small linear flash tube in a rather small housing backed up by a highly polished or mirror-like reflector- a recipe for flat and harsh lighting, over exposed foregrounds and "black hole" backgrounds, that is, unless you know yout falsh technique, bounce methods and how to cope with the inverse square law.

Oftemties flash gets a bad rap because folks don't know how to use it, modify it, and are not exploring the advantages of off-camer and multipl flah usage.

By the way- my falsh "horror-stories" don't come from online talk and reviews. They came for my flash business- I shared a premisis with a camera repair shop- between us there were lots of blownout speedlights and burned out cameras. Some of the equipmet arrived DOA. Some customers thougt their flash unts were malfunctioining- they weren't- they just didn't know how to use them.

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

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I bought the "Altura AP-N1001" TTL flash for Nikon in Feb. 2015 for use on my Nikon D3100 & D7100. I have also used it in a D500 and it works very well and very reliability on all of them. So after 5 years I am still using the flash and bought 2 more of them (one for Canon). The package I got included the Altura wireless triggers along with the flash.

Dziadzi Loc: Wilkes-Barre, PA

I bought the "Altura AP-N1001" TTL flash for Nikon" a few years ago to complement my D7100 and in conjunction with my Nikon SB-800. Great set up from novice to expert photog.

racerrich3 Loc: Los Angeles, Ca.

haven't tried that one but i do have a sb-500/sb-700/sb-5000 that i can use on my D3300.

Kozan Loc: Trenton Tennessee

Yes, I've have a couple of them. The only problem is that they don't do High-Speed Sync. They are easy to use. They do have the S1 and S2 modes. And the flash head zooms according to your lens focal length.
I really like them, but I prefer the Yongnuo 685.