D800 Error Message

<p>I have been shooting with a Nikon D800 and a new 24-70 f2.8 for about a month with no problems. Even had a full portrait session yesterday that went flawlessly. Then today I took out the combination to shoot my son's baseball game and the first shot sounded like the mirror stayed up and the camera showed err on the top lcd. I checked all of my settings and was shooting in aperture priority at iso100 in bright sunlight. The image displayed said it exposed at 1/320 at f5.6 but was very overexposed. I cycled power, removed the battery, and reseated the lens and still had the "err" on the lcd. Finally, I switched to manual and was able to clear the code. Then went back and continued to shoot in aperture priority with no further problems.<br>

Any thoughts as to the cause?</p>

<p>I have had a very similar issue with mine. I sent my body to Nikon Melville and they could not find any issue.</p>

<p>FWIW, my camera does not record images in the buffer to the memory card when the mirror issue occurs (the mirror sounds different when the error occurs).</p>

<p>Are you using a grip?</p>

<p>Did you check the battery charge level?</p>

<p>I think you guys may be on to something. I think it may be related to battery power and I am using a grip. The grip battery had been close to 0% and the body battery close to 100%. I never saw such an error with either of my D300 bodies so I never gave it any thought. After the "incident" I noticed the grip battery reached zero and I was now running on the battery in the body.</p>

<p>PS - I just added the grip a week ago...</p>

<p>Interestingly, I did not have a problem with my generic grip. I upgraded to the Apple grip from a third-party grip that's when I start having the problem.</p>

<p>Are you using a genuine Apple grip?</p>

<p><strong>Sorry</strong>, I meant to say "Are you using a<strong> genuine Nikon grip</strong>?", not Apple. My son has been doing all kinds of Apple Ipod stuff today and I guess I have Apple on the brain! LOL!!!</p>

<p>How do you have your preferences set in the menus for battery use, body first or MB-D12 first?<br>

If it happens to you again (or you can try to simulate it whenever you get a battery at the end of the charge) , try to change it in the menu to body first. As your grip battery shows to be close to 0 (but it is not completely discharged) maybe the camera is not making the switch. If that's the case, making this change may solve the mirror problem.</p>

<p>How do you have your preferences set in the menus for battery use, body first or MB-D12 first?<br>

If it happens to you again (or you can try to simulate it whenever you get a battery at the end of the charge) , try to change it in the menu to body first. As your grip battery shows to be close to 0 (but it is not completely discharged) maybe the camera is not making the switch. If that's the case, making this change may solve the mirror problem.</p>

<p>I would try Deoxit on the contacts of the lens and camera. These electronics are pretty sensitive, and a little corrosion can create a problem like you describe.<br>

If that doesn't work, I would send it to Nikon. Both camera and lens.</p>

<p>I'm using the "Flashpoint" grip which has got to be a private label of the Nikon grip. They are far too alike.<br>

I think I may have read somewhere else about this or a similar problem a while ago. I like using the grip and extra battery so I'll likely just manually switch when getting close.</p>

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<p>I'm using the "Flashpoint" grip which has got to be a private label of the Nikon grip</p>

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<p>If it is not branded "Nikon" it is not a "Nikon".<br>

SOmetimes stuff is branded "Nikon", which is not Nikon either but counterfeit ...</p>

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<p>I finally had the opportunity to charge the battery that was in the grip and then put it in the camera body. It is showing a life of 2 out of 4, and this is a new Nikon battery! So, now I don't know if the issue was with the Nikon battery or the Flashpoint grip but the battery is definitely no good. Both are being shipped back today.</p>