D800 – Back from service !

D800 – Back from service !

Got the camera back from Nikon Germany. They replaced the flash circuit board , cleaned the sensor and even gave me a BM-8 acryllic screen protector for the back screen. I removed it before I sent the camera to service so it can’t be lost… now I have...
Book review: The Hot Shoe Diaries by Joe McNally

Book review: The Hot Shoe Diaries by Joe McNally

Today I would like to give a short review on a very educating book. “The Hot Shoe Diaries” by Joe McNally is a very entertaining and also informative volume on flash photography. The name of the book gives the clue: It is about strobe flashes, not big...
Nikon D800 CLS issue – feedback from Nikon HQ !

Nikon D800 CLS issue – feedback from Nikon HQ !

************UPDATE, September 17th 2013*************** The CLS problem has been solved. On some early D800 cameras a circuit board which controls the popup flash must be replaced. That is what Nikon did with my camera. Read about the solution here and additional...
D800 service update

D800 service update

************UPDATE, September 17th 2013*************** The CLS problem has been solved. On some early D800 cameras a circuit board which controls the popup flash must be replaced. That is what Nikon did with my camera. Read about the solution here and additional...
CLS goes havoc again

CLS goes havoc again

Do you see a baby in the above image ? No ? Me neither. It’s enough, I am seriously not amused. Today I made a studio session and out of 125 images 58 (fifty-eight) are black because the flashes did not fire. That is 46,4 % of all images taken ! Since I was...