Heya Guys and Gals,

I just purchased the Nissin Di866 for Nikon. Been testing it out and am very happy with the product. Below are some test shots. Will post more details of the product when I have more time. The pictures have not been edited only resized.

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Direct Flash


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Item Procurement


Batteries not included.

Packages Content : Padded Bag, Flash Stand and Flash gun.
Purchase Venue : Digital Mall PJ

Personal Review

Thus far I have not qualms over the build quality of the item.
The LCD screen has this blur-ish tint to it but its no issue for me as all of them look like that.
The features are amazing have tested using slave flash feature and works like a charm.

Regarding the "sub-flash for fill-in while main flash is bounced" ...need to learn how to fine tune this feature as all my shots are over exposed. Will update once I play around a bit more on it.

Cheers

This post has been edited by Evirober: Aug 14 2009, 11:08 AM

nice pic bro

966 or 866?

i was like 966????

btw, its nice price u got at 950..YL sell them at 1050..

Proclaimer & marsupilami ...got to exited... hehehe... edited...

how bout the lcd?

just came back from J One Camera, Amcorp Mall PJ. They give RM 990 for this piece of beauty... 1st impression is that, dem.. really big head la. hehe.. anyway, i cuma tgk shj. tak beli pun.. bought 70-300mm lense instead.

the screen resolution is quite pathetic but it still doing its job well..got auto rotation summore

Just wanted to update on more sample shots..

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/410103/+160

Cheers

Hey bro, how's the Di866 so far? I'm pretty interested in this flash...
Just wondering, can the sub-flash be deactivated?

Yup. You can choose the power setting for it, or even deactivate it completely.

Ooh dat's good... pretty cool. Would you recommend this over an SB-600? It's pretty tempting

the GN is bigger than sb600..but quality wise i go for sb600

Btw, any idea where to get a good price for this? Haven't really seen this model around. Would like to go try for myself

someone said but i forgot where that u can get a decent price at J One.below 1k if i am not wrong

it's actually stated in post no. 7 in this thread.
RM 990

I just did some calls, the cheapest I could get is rm900.
Now this flash is tempting.... was aiming for a Metz 48 or 58.

^Metz is way better than nissin.

yup, Metz more well known.... but my pocket not so deep .... was not too keen on SB600 or Nissin 622, so was aiming for Metz 48AF (rm750) as the much better spec Metz 58 too $$$ same thing with SB900.
... then along came Nissin 866, can get for RM900 which is abt Metz 58 & SB900 spec.
this poison very dangerous.... then also lens not in the picture yet....

I'm not too familiar with Metz... so between the Metz 48AF, Nikon SB-600 and Nissin Di866, which is the best buy ar?

my budget around rm900+ so eyeing the Di866

I have the Di622 and SB-600 to me TTL performance of both are on par. SB-600 has more controls and features and a less noisy zoom head. Looking forward to testing the Di866 when they have stock. Specs wise better than the SB-600 but it should be able to deliver in the real world too. Anyway is there a "commander" feature for the Di866 as in like the SB-900/SU-800 ?

just got my Nissin 866 today from a forumer here. went to his shop.... he charge me rm900 plus a soften diffuser form rm40.

i'm still reading the User Manual, so cant comment much on the Nissin 866... but on paper, it abt SB900 or Metz 58AF spec.

From what I heard, there is...
The Di866's features are really poison btw

With the "sub" flash built into the unit is there still a need for a stofen type diffuser?

the soften diffuser was sort off on the spot decision, couldnt help myself

anyway, the sub-flash is small in size compared to what i've used before back in early 90s which was the Nikon SB16.
The Nissin 866 sub flash size is abt 1cm x 2cm.

If possible, always get back the original manufacture flash.

The good old days of the SB-16 . I kind of liked the sub-flash but currently I use an old Metz flash set to lowest power and a slave sensor as a sub flash. Anyway.. hope to see some new pics with this flash.

I managed to try the Di866 at a shop recently... the build quality's not bad, and seemed easy to use... still haven't decided which to purchase though

Hmm ... I am thinking of getting 1 .... but need to wait until got Canon mount first

so any 1 hv idea about this baby? is it support wireless flash? off camera flash?

Maybe u can refer to here http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89133

More discussion there but mainly on the Nikon mount.

please let know if anybody here need the flash.....

I'm selling at RM905 included postage...poslaju

Do u have the canon mount 1?
Can do COD?

yes........
But prefer Poslaju.....I scare cannot me the COD date and time

Canon mount is available......

You give me the date, time and place and we can meet up.
Oh .... COD can be cheaper or not?

This post has been edited by hawk: Oct 5 2009, 12:32 AM

COD = poslaju.

Cause I will be in Klang Valley only on Friday.

Need to add some cost on my COD.

So i decide COD=Poslaju.

The Nissin i866 = RM905....Is good price dude

Hmmm ... let me think about it. Will drop u a note once I confirm.

do biz here pulak =="

Anyone use this flash with Canon? PLease give some reviews and thoughts

im oso planning to get a speedlite...prefer 580exII but over burget edi..and then nw i see nissin i866.....is prefect price and spec..but stil thinking bout tt..whether 580exII better or i866...issit SB900 and i866 same spec with 580exII ??

I was also thinking about 580EX2 ... but $$$ is out of budget.
Then come this Di866 .... with in my budget (next month), but then no review on Canon mount yet. All review read so far is about Nikon mount.

Just got Di866 for myself. Performance ok la not so bad but the colour temperature abit warm. Have to set WB to 4760.

Thought in the specs colour temperature stated 5600?

Anyone know where to get the power pack accessories?

Any bounce diffuser available for di866?

thanks

anybody came across that when you turn on your Di866, the pilot lamp continuously blinking, no matter what button you press got no response, can't even turn off, lcd screen is blank?

I encounter this problem few times, but it back to normal on the next day, wat i do is just leave it there for a night.

it's confirmed that not overheat problem, becos i just took a few shots and it happens randomly.

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Added on December 28, 2009, 6:00 pmnobody encounter this issue?
or there's no Di866 user here

This post has been edited by CreamMilk: Dec 28 2009, 06:00 PM

Hmmm .... Not too sure, but if it is still under warranty, send it back to check

So far I tried the di866 don't have the issue... still learning how to use it ...

Hi. can you please try the wireless remote on i866. if it is good, than I might consider get one. or if its the same quality as i622 then no thanks ! My experience with i622, it horribly went bad when you use the optical remote during daytime.

I have read some review of this flash gun and it was a good review. However, there is another side of its weaknesses which I read from other forums.

For Nikon user, especially you like to play CLS.

The commander mode is not sensitive enough. (The camera must near to the flash gun in order to work perfectly).
It means the flash gun has to be primary in order to trigger it.

For those who wish to use this as primary flash (attach to the camera body), you might consider it as SB 900 alternative.

I also came across this brand call Mertz, and the model type is Mertz 58.

*Design layout similar to Di866 (built-in driect flash on the device)
*CLS enabled

Anyone here using this Mertz and how much it is cost now?

If u think the Di866 can replace SB900, well that's inaccurate.

A lot who bought the Di866 with the above idea, some even swear by it after a few rounds of usage, ended up selling it & change to SB800/900.

If u use it for indoor strobing, then definitely Di866 offers more value than the Nikon SBs.

Bro, take a pic of the rear of the Nissin Di866 Professional. I wanna see how the back looks like in real life!

the menu:


rear view:

Considering this flash unit as my 2nd flash for my 2nd body...
Anybody used it on Canon bodies?
How is the performance?
Any complaints or comparisons witht he 580EXii?

may someone teach me how to use the secondary flash?

metz 48 AF for 750?? O.O is that still the price or it went up?