I for one month possess the SB-700 now and am thrilled. The interaction with the D7000 is perfect and the results are just as I imagine it. A great thing is the included stand, so you unleashed in slave mode without a radio transmission device may set and illuminate the subject in the scene. Operation is simple and easy to learn by manual (countless sample photos are of course already necessary to find the optimum settings). Unfortunately I have no comparison to other devices (SB-900, Metz) but I can give my recommendation for this flash.