is my D200 possessed?

dangindangin Registered Users Posts: 458 Major grins
edited December 6, 2006 in Cameras
i have 2 D200 bodies and i've had this strange shutter problem with one of them. the couple of times that this happened, i was shooting vertical. i tried power cycling the camera, re-seating the battery, changing lenses, changing shooting modes, shooting horizontal, and regardless of what i did, it just kinda plagued me for a couple of minutes then went back to normal. this has happened on 2 shoots now. it's been flawless otherwise. help?


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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2006
    You obviously have a problem with one of your D200s. Call up Nikon support ASAP and get the problem resolved.
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  • illuminati919illuminati919 Registered Users Posts: 713 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2006
    it actually might not be syncing with your flashes ? check its flash sync capability and play with it.
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  • dangindangin Registered Users Posts: 458 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2006
    i'll give Nikon support a ring in the AM. i wish i could isolate the event that cuases it though. i don't think it's a sync issue as i tried test shots without any of my strobes or onboard flash.
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  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2006
    Two questions for you:

    1. At what shutter speed did you shoot the above images (exif would help here)?
    2. The test shots you did, at what shutter speed did you shoot those? If you haven't already done so, try shooting some test shots with SS under 1/200 and see what you get.


    If you shot the test shots under anything other than tungsten or natural light, you may still have a sync issue clouding the issue as just about any other light source is actually a pulse source and that might not be syncing with your camera correctly.
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  • Lee MasseyLee Massey Registered Users Posts: 274 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2006
    Hi Dan,

    As others have suggested (and from which I have seen personally) it looks like you were shooting higher than your camera's flash sync speed. For the D200 you should make sure that your shutter speed is 1/250 or less.

    I would bet that if you looked at your EXIF info that your shutter speed was above the 1/250 sync speed limit. It is isn't then there could well be something wrong with your camera.

    Take a look and let us know...

    Thanks,

    Lee
  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2006
    Yep, it's the sync speed. I had a buddy call me after he got his Alien Bee's and PW's. He was freaking out. He had a shoot to do and thought the shutter on his Digital Rebel had bought the farm! He was actually on his way to replace the camera.

    I told him to check the shutter speed....BINGO! Turns out he didn't tell his wife, and she "let" him get a new 20D.....rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
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  • Lee MasseyLee Massey Registered Users Posts: 274 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2006
    Jeffro wrote:
    Turns out he didn't tell his wife, and she "let" him get a new 20D.....rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif

    :D That is one way to get an upgrade! Laughing.gif!

    Lee
  • dangindangin Registered Users Posts: 458 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2006
    whew!
    i'm glad i got too busy the past couple of days to call nikon; i would have sounded pretty silly. you guys were right, the shutter was 1/640 or 1/320 on the images that were messed up.
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  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2006
    dangin wrote:
    i'm glad i got too busy the past couple of days to call nikon; i would have sounded pretty silly. you guys were right, the shutter was 1/640 or 1/320 on the images that were messed up.

    Good deal! You can't trust that Harry, he was trying to make you look silly.....jk....rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
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