Nikon SB-600

On Tue, 11 May 2021 18:36:48 +0200, Alfred Molon
wrote:

Am 11.05.2021 um 13:14 schrieb Eric Stevens:
A new development. I sent the flash back to the Nikon service centre
and they have just reported to me that the flash tube is broken -
shattered. Presumably this happened when the flash was being shipped
back to me although there was no evidence of rough handling on the
box. I would not have thought that they were that fragile.

I find it amazing that you went all the way to send a flash to Nikon for
repair. Nowadays if an electronics item breaks you just buy a new item
(unless it's an expensive camera of course).

NZ$600

or from Amazon (US$345 + US$60 freight) + 15% local tax all multiplied
by 1.4 for the exchange rate = NZ$652. I know there may be cheaper
than Amazon but that price is indicative. Also purchases outside
Australasia are not covered by warrantee in NZ.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Wed, 12 May 2021 06:26:52 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On May 12, 2021, Incubus wrote
(in article ):

On 2021-05-11, Alfred wrote:
Am 11.05.2021 um 13:14 schrieb Eric Stevens:
A new development. I sent the flash back to the Nikon service centre
and they have just reported to me that the flash tube is broken -
shattered. Presumably this happened when the flash was being shipped
back to me although there was no evidence of rough handling on the
box. I would not have thought that they were that fragile.

I find it amazing that you went all the way to send a flash to Nikon for
repair. Nowadays if an electronics item breaks you just buy a new item
(unless it's an expensive camera of course).

That surprised me too. Excellent ones are available on mpb.com for £64. It's
surely more expensive to get it looked at than to just get another.

Agreed! I have a 17 year old SB-800, but the my system that gets the most use is my Godox V350F and the Godox X1T-F TTL wireless flash trigger.
http://www.godox.com/EN/Products_Camera_Flash_V350F.html

I want something which will operate with the Nikon Command system and
I haven't done any research as yet into alternatives. Nor do I know
what local prices are like. Whatever, but they are not US prices.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens

Στις 12/5/2021 4:12 μ.μ., ο/η Incubus Î*γÏ�αψε:
On 2021-05-11, Alfred Molon wrote:
Am 11.05.2021 um 13:14 schrieb Eric Stevens:
A new development. I sent the flash back to the Nikon service centre
and they have just reported to me that the flash tube is broken -
shattered. Presumably this happened when the flash was being shipped
back to me although there was no evidence of rough handling on the
box. I would not have thought that they were that fragile.

I find it amazing that you went all the way to send a flash to Nikon for
repair. Nowadays if an electronics item breaks you just buy a new item
(unless it's an expensive camera of course).

That surprised me too. Excellent ones are available on mpb.com for £64. It's
surely more expensive to get it looked at than to just get another.

I had my Canon EOS-30 serviced in Canon Athens for 60 euros, all the
buttons on the back were not working (I bought it NOS in October 2019)
but that's a different case-the camera is not being manufactured any
more. I have the Speedlite 540 EZ, also bought NOS. As the tube in the
flash being shattered, I suppose it's being made of quartz (or maybe
glass-I think it's being filled with xenon). You can see some of my
photos in my flickr account-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/167258532@N02/

Am 13.05.2021 um 04:50 schrieb Eric Stevens:
On Tue, 11 May 2021 18:36:48 +0200, Alfred Molon
wrote:

Am 11.05.2021 um 13:14 schrieb Eric Stevens:
A new development. I sent the flash back to the Nikon service centre
and they have just reported to me that the flash tube is broken -
shattered. Presumably this happened when the flash was being shipped
back to me although there was no evidence of rough handling on the
box. I would not have thought that they were that fragile.

I find it amazing that you went all the way to send a flash to Nikon for
repair. Nowadays if an electronics item breaks you just buy a new item
(unless it's an expensive camera of course).

NZ$600

or from Amazon (US$345 + US$60 freight) + 15% local tax all multiplied
by 1.4 for the exchange rate = NZ$652. I know there may be cheaper
than Amazon but that price is indicative. Also purchases outside
Australasia are not covered by warrantee in NZ.

Just had a look for compatible flashes and noticed that Metz went
bankrupt. My goodness.

But there are still other inexpensive alternatives to the Nikon branded
flashes.
--
Alfred Molon

Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
https://groups.io/g/myolympus
https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

In article , Incubus
wrote:

Nikon flashes themselves are an inexpensive alternative. The SB-800 is still
an incredible flash if you don't want to pay current prices for the new model.

except when it overheats.

In article , Incubus
wrote:

Nikon flashes themselves are an inexpensive alternative. The SB-800 is
still
an incredible flash if you don't want to pay current prices for the new
model.

except when it overheats.

I thought that was a problem with the 900. The 800 is well regarded from what
I have seen but I wouldn't touch the 900.

the 900 shut down when it got too hot.
the 800 didn't.

On May 17, 2021, Incubus wrote
(in article ):

On 2021-05-17, wrote:
In , Incubus
wrote:

Nikon flashes themselves are an inexpensive alternative. The SB-800 is still
an incredible flash if you don't want to pay current prices for the new model.

except when it overheats.

I thought that was a problem with the 900. The 800 is well regarded from what
I have seen but I wouldn't touch the 900.

The SB-800 is great.

--
Regards,
Savageduck