| INTRODUCTION
The SB-24 Speedlight
flash unit is the ancestor of the SB-25, SB-26, SB-28 and SB-80DX
units and quite a number of photographers still use it. This page
is devoted to all of you looking for more information regarding
this specific flashlight.
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The
voluntary fire brigade of the City of Rottweil, southern
Germany
Nikon F5, Nikkor AF 80-200/2.8D at some 80mm on Fuji Velvia
Flash
filled with the SB-24
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The
SB-24 flashlight has not been available brand new at stores for
much more than a couple of years now. It's an F4-generation flash,
coming in a design equally square as the mothership. When new,
it used to be sold for a price equaling that of the SB-28 today,
i.e. around DM 680, USD340.
It's
a solid friend with a zooming head (from 24 to 85mm), AF-illuminator,
large backlit LCD and has TTL, Auto (using built-in sensor), Manual
and Strobelight modes.
It
has two sync-connectors; one for manual and one for TTL multi-flash
setups.
It
has sync modes for normal or rear and can do flash compensation.
The guide number (GN) is 118 (Leitzahl 36) at 35mm with an ISO
100 film or a GN of 160 at 85mm (LZ 50).
The
flash head can be tilted vertically from -7 to +90 deg and swiveled
from 180 degrees CCW to 270 degrees CW horizontally.
It's
generally easy to use, it has never failed me and the battery
door plus its slide switches are easy to operate.
It
only misses the red eye reduction function, FP high speed flash
sync, 3D multisensor and the wider zoom (18/20mm) of the newer
flashlights, such as the SB-26 or SB-28.
In
comparison with the BS-26 and the SB-25, the SB-24 ain't bad at
all. See for example Michael
McLennan's comparison between the three.
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