nick_trehearne1

<p>Thanks for the responses. I have cleaned the contact on both the camera as well as the flash, the batteries are new, and I have tried everywhere from 1/1 to 1/128 with lots of time in between. I can't even get it to fire on the first shot half the time, even though the red light is on indicating that it's ready. </p>

<p>Both camera and flash in manual. Flash is mounted in hot shoe, or through a cable - not wireless. There is no difference either way</p>

<p>I have a Nikon SB-700 and I can't get it to fire consistently in manual mode. I have asked the support people with Nikon too and they are still digging into it (with no valuable insight yet), but is there anyone that can help?<br> I want it to be able to fire every shot, whether my camera thinks it needs it or not. I am shooting either a D3S or D300 and it does not fire on either. Pressing the test button, it fires every time.<br> Any help, insight or things to try would be greatly appreciated. I am running out of ideas and I have a shoot coming up where I'd like to use it.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Thanks for the input guys. I was not doing any long bursts, and am positive it was not filling the buffer. I did not try the battery re-boot, so will give that a try when I head out again.</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Nick</p> <p>Shun,<br> It's a triangle (kind of like the play button on a DVD remote). It appears everytime I take a shot.</p>

<p>I am having an issue with my Nikon D3S. I will be shooting away, and have no issues focusing or taking shots, and out of no where, I will be able to focus, but when I press the button to make the shot, nothing happens (the small "play" symbol comes up in the bottom left corner of the viewfinder as it does when I take a shot however). This will be disabled for anywhere from 1 sec to 1 minute. This is a huge problem since I photograph wildlife and need to capture precise moments. And other times, the auto-focus will just kick out. This happens for the same duration as not being able to take the shot.<br> Has anyone had this happen, or know what I could check? I don't want to send my camera away just yet in case it's a simple fix.<br> I am shooting with a Nikon 200-400 VR II Lens<br> Thanks for the help!<br> Nick</p>