Nikon Speedlight SB-800 TTL Flash - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

When you shoot like crazy, like shoot with a very low ISO and take many flash photos the flash works hard. You can hear the recharge cycle and it takes a while to recharge and get the red LED back on. So you were using the flash and it got HOT. When it gets HOT it shuts down. It is supposed to STOP working when it gets hot. If you want to shoot like crazy you have to get the flash a break and shoot a higher ISO.

No Such thing as a GN Mode !

Press the Menu button. Scroll to the Custom Setting Menu. Scroll to "e Bracketing/flash". Right arrow and scroll down to "e3 Flash cntrl for built-in flash" and push the center button. You now have access to the TTL, Manual, Repeating flash and Commander modes. Right arrow on CMD and a menu will appear that allows you to set up the built in flash and the external flash groups.

Make sure contacts are not touching Slightly tap your flash on the table to see if switch is not stuck If not you might have to take to nikon They will tell you whats wrong before you have to pay

Be pacific not making sense

The pre=flashes are for reduction of red eye and also for TTL indormation for camera to wotk properly with flash. Read Flash manual and some info in camera manual

Screws are on the bottom of hotshoe. Then 4 on the shoulder. Peel out the two rubber pad. Be very, very careful, 330 Volts is waiting inside for you. [email protected]

The flash has settings you will have to read your manual the camera does the exposers not the flash set your cameras appuatue to a high number and speed fast then shoot if you knew how to use your camera you would know the flash is uesd for filling in shadows and imitating the sun which is bright. Good luck

Yikes sounds like your dangerous and need to call Nikon for forgiveness the charge will be minimal

First use better batterys and set the flash properly they have tutorials on line to help you

Go to menu on camera, then flash/bracketing, then set TTL (through the lens) then set flash the same

This sounds like a problem for Nikon please call them they may can help

Take it to Nikon they will be glad to help

Its the setting in the camera not the len at all

Set your camera by going to flash/bracketing

Is the flash tube broken, is it turned on?

Yes did you set the camera also go to flash/bracketing on your camera and set they both have to work together

Hi John, if you keep pressing the mode button, the various settings will show on the screen. Then press SEL, (select), in the centre of the control button to lock it.

This was from a long while back, but has issue been solved???

I could be wrong, but I would switch to the manual mode and turn off the automatic features since the red light is actually an inferred sensor used to determine when enough light has fallen on the subject and tell the flash to terminate. By going to manual, you remove the need for the circuitry to tell the detector to turn on.