Although most of the focus on Nikon’s recent announcements has been squarely on the D700, they also announced something that’s of a lot of interest to many strobist-types: the SB-900 flash unit.

Joe McNally has had a pair of these for a couple of weeks now, and has written up his experiences in his usual entertaining fashion.

Along comes the 900. I’ve had two for a few weeks now, and the unit is, well, smooth. What can I say? Ed Fasano, a General Manager at Nikon, asked me what I thought after handling it, and I told him, “Well, if the SB800 is a real nice Chevy, this baby’s a Cadillac.”