On Sun, 23 Aug 1998 23:08:46 +0200, Steven wrote:

>Has this SB28 overcome the laws of physics? Can it illuminate a subject
>that's close to it with the same intensity as a subject that's far away in the
>background? Or are you just a victim of Nikon's advertizing?

Dunno 'bout th' SB-28, but the SB-24 has a soft-edged illumination
roll-off pattern that does allow one to evenly light from foreground
to background by raising the head sufficiently to light near subjects
near the bottom of the frame about the same as more distant subjects
near the top (like people at tables in a dining room...). It can also
be used to even out the lighting of left and right side subjects at
different distances, or even to illuminate a distant subject between
two closer ones (by using the zoom feature manually).