Nikon Sb 700, is good for macro photography?
I have a Nikon d7000 but also i have the Nikon Sb 400…
Either one would be great.
Actually what scientific photographers use is this.
http://www.nikonusa.com/...ystem.html
When on a budget
Or this when they have a budget and can buy what the need
For macro photography, the best flash is a ring flash. If not, you should consider putting your flash off-camera.
As others have stated, specialized macro flash set ups are best for macro. However, the general purpose flashes like the SB 400 or SB 700 can still be useful for macro if there's a white or nearly white wall or panel they can be bounced from.
This shot was taken using an SB 600 bounced from the ceiling
The problem with using a standard flash for macro is getting the light close enough to the subject. This means you will at least need to take the flash off the camera and hold it next to the subject.
Attempting to do that while at the same time trying to manual focus the camera and everything else, well - you get the picture.
Even then you only have one light source, whereas with most macro flashes, you have two.
I have the Nikon R1. The R1C1 is not any better - it is the same kit, but it just includes an SU-800 remote commander that the R1 lacks.
But the R1 will work perfectly with your D7000, as you can control it via the D7000's built-in CLS remote commander. The R1C1 is generally for cameras that do not have this feature. In fact, if you buy the R1 and later for some unknown reason want the SU-800, you can buy it separately, and viola! You have a R1C1. There's even a blank spot in the carry case that comes with the R1 for the SU-800.
The only thing the SU-800 gives you on your D7000 is a tiny bit of convenience in setting the SB-R200 flash outputs, such as bias between left-right flashes. But you can do that in the D7000 by using a different group for the left and right SB-R200 so that you can set them independently.
I have the Nikon R1, and I'm using it with a D90 and Tokina 100mm f/2.8 macro without any issues.