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Unwanted flash fire in nikonD200
By nilmaddy25 on Jun 21, 2008
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Dear sir,
i am using nikon d200 flash with SB 800 since last 1 year, but now i am facing the problem of unwanted flash fire problems, i have also checked the body with new SB 800 flash but facing same problem.
if anyone have suggetion and inputs pls help me
Dear sir,
i am using nikon d200 flash with SB 800 since last 1 year, but now i am facing the problem of unwanted flash fire problems, i have also checked the body with new SB 800 flash but facing same problem.
if anyone have suggetion and inputs pls help me
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- d 200 and sb 800 flash flash fries on it's own - bobberyl1Feb 04, 2009
- My Nikon D200 began having the same problem recently. I tried my SB-800s on my D2x and it does not seem to have the same problem with random firing. So I assume it's the D200 body. Please help with a solution.- toscanophotoJan 30, 2009
- Wow ok same camera and flash..I was thinking I might have a broken connection just above the foot in my sb 800. It was the only thing that I could think would cause the AF to not fire consistently. If I put a small amount of tension on my flash (from the front towards the back) and then depress the shutter half way it seems to fire the red AF beam from the Flash. This is why I would think it was a broken connection in the foot. I also found that it would fire randomly with lens pointed straight upward. It could be a long term design flaw in the foot of the flash in general. IE if you bump it slightly at the wrong angle it breaks a solder contact. This is a scary hypothesis when we spend so much on such items. Can a little more support/strength in that area hurt us? - GuestJan 21, 2009
- Same problem even after repair by Nikon France... - GuestDec 19, 2008
- same with me- pepsbgSolution #1
posted on Jul 25, 2009
Hello,
Yes, I had the same problem too. It was the loose rails on a cameras hotshoe that caused the problem. ( I could feel the flash slightly dangling while attached to the camera when I was moving camera to the sides or downwards ) What I did, I used simple pliers to slightly squeeze the hotshoe from both sides. This made it a little tighter, and the dangling of the flash was gone. So were the random flashings. I think this might happen again, since the metal the hotshoeis made of is too soft for the weight of SB-800, especially if you are moving around a lot while shooting with the flash attached.
Regards,
Arvid
Yes, I had the same problem too. It was the loose rails on a cameras hotshoe that caused the problem. ( I could feel the flash slightly dangling while attached to the camera when I was moving camera to the sides or tilting ) What I did, I used simple pliers to slightly squeeze the hotshoe from both sides. This made it a little tighter, and the dangling of the flash was gone. So were the random flashings. I think this might happen again, since the metal the hotshoe is made of is too soft for the weight of SB-800, especially if you are moving around a lot while shooting with the flash attached.
Regards,
Arvid
Yes, I had the same problem too. It was the loose rails on a cameras hotshoe that caused the problem. ( I could feel the flash slightly dangling while attached to the camera when I was moving camera to the sides or downwards ) What I did, I used simple pliers to slightly squeeze the hotshoe from both sides. This made it a little tighter, and the dangling of the flash was gone. So were the random flashings. I think this might happen again, since the metal the hotshoeis made of is too soft for the weight of SB-800, especially if you are moving around a lot while shooting with the flash attached.
Regards,
Arvid
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Jul 29, 2009
- Hello,Yes, I had the same problem too. It was the loose rails on a cameras hotshoe that caused the problem. ( I could feel the flash slightly dangling while attached to the camera when I was moving camera to the sides or tilting ) What I did, I used simple pliers to slightly squeeze the hotshoe from both sides. This made it a little tighter, and the dangling of the flash was gone. So were the random flashings. I think this might happen again, since the metal the hotshoe is made of is too soft for the weight of SB-800, especially if you are moving around a lot while shooting with the flash attached.
Regards,
Arvid
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Solution #2
posted on Feb 15, 2009
Hi, I had the same sort of problem. It started with erratic small flashes but then evolved to the SB-800 not regonizing the D200 at all. The result of this is that I only get TTL and not TTL+BL+FP functionallity.
To solve this I cleaned the hotshoe on the D200 with all purpose cleaner for electical appliances (CRC 5-56). This gave minor improvment. Then I adjusted the spings to the left and right on the hotshoe on the D200 to press harder against the flash's connection (which I suppose is the grounding). Now everything works again.
Best regards,
Marcus
To solve this I cleaned the hotshoe on the D200 with all purpose cleaner for electical appliances (CRC 5-56). This gave minor improvment. Then I adjusted the spings to the left and right on the hotshoe on the D200 to press harder against the flash's connection (which I suppose is the grounding). Now everything works again.
Best regards,
Marcus
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same problems with my d200 and sb800...anyone ever get an answer?
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