stuart_murray1

<p>Hi all again<br>

I have had nikon service centre replace the following - contacts, hot shoe, all circuitry attached to unit. This did not work - so they opened it up again - double checked it all again. No luck - still not working..Contact points are tight - this is not the issue.. - - also hammering your hot shoe (even lightly is very very bad for the camera internal mechanisms - it could mess up your shutter or many other very delicate mechanisms - I would not do this ) - sorry I can not shed any light on this.. yet..<br>

stuart</p>

<p>Hi,<br>

Please get us as much information from them as you can, I was told today to update my firmware from 1.0 to 1.01. If that doesnt work they will change the hot shoe @ 215.00 aud - not sure if that included the circuit too... ( I dont get NPS or warranty as I bought from a store that imports direct from Asia ) saved 1000.00 aud but dont get the NPS service...<br>

Please try ask them what exactly they did so I can tell the techs here..</p>

<p>Cheers Stuart</p>

<p>Update:<br>

I spoke to Nikon Australia (I am in Brisbane Australia) - they have a pro register which gives you priority repairs & support .They wont discuss the issue (admit no liability ) - so you must send the camera for repair. As I stupidly did not buy from an Authorised dealer I do not qualify for warranty repair or priority service.<br>

Possible fix. I spoke directly to a local nikon repair centre tech, who I am familiar with. He has dealth with this problem before and confirms it is the hot shoe contact shorting, and suggested cleaning the hot shoe - paying particular attention to the spring loaders on each side. He suggested using a pencil eraser and or some metho and a cloth. <br>

I have tried this using a old sensor swab and some metho, and I also ran the tip of a pen lid under the springs to create a tighter lock when the speedlight is loaded. I cant see this been a long term fix - but it seems to have fixed the prob for now..<br>

Daniel - I would suggest you will have to send your d700's off for repair and ask them to give you some priority - try and have a chat to a Nikon rep. You obviously buy allot of gear and spend allot on their product, they should be doing everything to assist you.</p>

<p >Daniel I have just joined this forum as I had been searching for a solution to this problem and read your post. I too am a career photographer shooting all day, every day. I shoot allot of interiors using my d700 + sb800 as a commander unit and this is driving me nuts.. It has become progressively worse. </p>

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<p >I have also tried several flash combos to no avail . I have cleaned the hot shoe adapter and tightened the spring load - which seemed to work for a very short time. There is definitely a manufacturing issue. Unfortunately for me I have just made the change from dx gear to fx gear and cannot afford to be without my d700 while off for repairs. I may have to buy a new d700 before I can send my current one off ..</p>

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<p >I have spent a min of 10k a year on Nikon gear and as someone who will continue to spend with Nikon there should be some sort of pro photographers support.. i.e. quicker repairs - loan gear - direct support etc..</p>

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<p >anyway I have no real solution yet, but I will be doing some more research and I will advise accordingly.</p>

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<p >Ta Stuart</p>