thomas_house

<p>Thanks guys. I have some more updates. I put the flash in manual mode and confirmed it's not at 1/60. The flash doesn't fire AT ALL in manual mode (though it fires if I hit the flash button). I have tried different power levels and have confirmed that it does change the power levels by hitting the flash button. <br> TTL mode the flash fires when I take a photo (unlike manual mode which does nothing) but the image is dark. <br> I took the flash to a store and was led to believe that my having red eye mode on was causing the problem. Unfortunately when I tried to take photos at home I see that the problem still exists. The man who helped me did say that the flash I had worked on his camera, while neither his flash nor my flash would work on my camera body.<br> So at this point I'm afraid to say that I believe something is wrong with my D700. I've cleaned the hotshoe contacts with alcohol but it made no difference. </p> <p>I can still return the camera. Any last thoughts before I do so? Thank you again for all of your help!</p>

<p>Thank you both for your help! I tried a lot of what was suggested to no avail. I ended up setting the flash to slave and the built in flash to commander mode. It looks like it works now. I'm not really sure what to make of that. <br /> Slider is set to direct. I'm using a 24-70mm afs 2.8 @2.8 and 1/250 and iso 800. I've tried shooting direct and bouncing. <br /> I may take the camera back to the store tomorrow and have them test it with a different flash and make sure I'm not doing something wrong. Otherwise it's a technical problem.</p> <p>Thank you both again</p> <p>EDIT: And sorry, yes I was setting the aperture and shutter speed manually and had both the camera and flash set to TTL. </p>

<p>Hi everyone! I've been getting back into photography recently after selling my D200 and SB600 a few years ago. I just picked up a D700 and SB700. Both are used but in good condition and purchased from a reputable dealer. It's connected via the camera to the hotshoe. When I take a photo (I use manual mode but have tried other settings) the flash will fire but the images are dark. I'm not sure what's causing it. I reset the settings in both the D700 and SB700. Both are TTL. The sync speed is 1/250 and the flash speed is 1/60.<br> Any idea what I could be doing wrong? Am I just lacking the technical knowledge and need to really read both manuals? </p> <p>Thanks</p>