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Typical life span of a SB800.
Was using my SB800 for a wedding today. Heard a gunshot like sound and the tube must have blown, after 1 1/2 years worth of use and about 15,000 exposures. Just wonder if the tube can be replaced and is it cost effective? -- Reality is a picture perfected and never looking back. |
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Typical life span of a SB800.
"____" wrote in message ... Was using my SB800 for a wedding today. Heard a gunshot like sound and the tube must have blown, after 1 1/2 years worth of use and about 15,000 exposures. Just wonder if the tube can be replaced and is it cost effective? -- Reality is a picture perfected and never looking back. 15,000 exposures would be a lifetime of photographs. How long do you examine each of those exposures and how many were worth keeping? |
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Typical life span of a SB800.
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"Frank Arthur" wrote: "____" wrote in message ... Was using my SB800 for a wedding today. Heard a gunshot like sound and the tube must have blown, after 1 1/2 years worth of use and about 15,000 exposures. Just wonder if the tube can be replaced and is it cost effective? -- Reality is a picture perfected and never looking back. 15,000 exposures would be a lifetime of photographs. How long do you examine each of those exposures and how many were worth keeping? 500 per wedding, I edit them down to 450 and turn them over to the company I work for. They decide what the bride gets, 450 is my contract. What does it matter, the question is related to whether the flash has died prematurely- My Q flash has lasted multiple year before requiring a tube. For the record I estimate my image archive is well over 100,000 images including film as well as strictly digital capture. I try to weed really bad stuff right away, but chucking stuff arbitrarily is sometime not a completely wise approach even if you have two of very similar shots. So the question remain concerning the flash? Any knowledgable takers? -- Reality is a picture perfected and never looking back. |
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Typical life span of a SB800.
Frank Arthur wrote:
"____" wrote in message ... Was using my SB800 for a wedding today. Heard a gunshot like sound and the tube must have blown, after 1 1/2 years worth of use and about 15,000 exposures. Just wonder if the tube can be replaced and is it cost effective? -- Reality is a picture perfected and never looking back. 15,000 exposures would be a lifetime of photographs. How long do you examine each of those exposures and how many were worth keeping? If he's a pro who has the good fortune to be working 5 days a week, that's 40 exposures a day. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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Typical life span of a SB800.
On 2008-09-27 22:12:25 -0700, ____ said:
Was using my SB800 for a wedding today. Heard a gunshot like sound and the tube must have blown, after 1 1/2 years worth of use and about 15,000 exposures. Just wonder if the tube can be replaced and is it cost effective? Probably best to ask Nikon that question. My understanding is that it runs about $140 to replace a flash tube. That is a lot cheaper than a new SB800. Turnaround time, in my experience, is about two business days plus shipping time. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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Typical life span of a SB800.
In Canada we get 2 years warranty on Flash and Cameras. I always buy my
Photo gear on my credit card so I get the extended warranty offered by the credit card company. Last time I had a flash unit fixed for a blown flash tube the cost was $40 for tube and $85 for labour and shipping. 15k exposures on a flash tube is nothing it could possibly be a blown capacitor. |
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Typical life span of a SB800.
Frank Arthur wrote:
"____" wrote in message ... Was using my SB800 for a wedding today. Heard a gunshot like sound and the tube must have blown, after 1 1/2 years worth of use and about 15,000 exposures. Just wonder if the tube can be replaced and is it cost effective? 15,000 exposures would be a lifetime of photographs. How long do you examine each of those exposures and how many were worth keeping? I've scanned over 10,000 slides and negatives since about 1999. Those were shots that were (mainly) worth scanning... Once upon a time, a Nat Geo article took an average of 29,000 frames on film. This has actually reduced with digital -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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Typical life span of a SB800.
In Canada we get 2 years warranty on Flash and Cameras. I always buy my
Photo gear on my credit card so I get the extended warranty offered by the credit card company. Last time I had a flash unit fixed for a blown flash tube the cost was $40 for tube and $85 for labour and shipping. 15k exposures on a flash tube is nothing it could possibly be a blown capacitor. "C J Campbell" wrote in message news:2008092807053916807-christophercampbell@hotmailcom... On 2008-09-27 22:12:25 -0700, ____ said: Was using my SB800 for a wedding today. Heard a gunshot like sound and the tube must have blown, after 1 1/2 years worth of use and about 15,000 exposures. Just wonder if the tube can be replaced and is it cost effective? Probably best to ask Nikon that question. My understanding is that it runs about $140 to replace a flash tube. That is a lot cheaper than a new SB800. Turnaround time, in my experience, is about two business days plus shipping time. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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Typical life span of a SB800.
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Alan Browne wrote: Frank Arthur wrote: "____" wrote in message ... Was using my SB800 for a wedding today. Heard a gunshot like sound and the tube must have blown, after 1 1/2 years worth of use and about 15,000 exposures. Just wonder if the tube can be replaced and is it cost effective? 15,000 exposures would be a lifetime of photographs. How long do you examine each of those exposures and how many were worth keeping? I've scanned over 10,000 slides and negatives since about 1999. Those were shots that were (mainly) worth scanning... Once upon a time, a Nat Geo article took an average of 29,000 frames on film. This has actually reduced with digital In article , "J. Clarke" wrote: Frank Arthur wrote: "____" wrote in message ... Was using my SB800 for a wedding today. Heard a gunshot like sound and the tube must have blown, after 1 1/2 years worth of use and about 15,000 exposures. Just wonder if the tube can be replaced and is it cost effective? -- Reality is a picture perfected and never looking back. 15,000 exposures would be a lifetime of photographs. How long do you examine each of those exposures and how many were worth keeping? If he's a pro who has the good fortune to be working 5 days a week, that's 40 exposures a day. -- In article , "G" wrote: In Canada we get 2 years warranty on Flash and Cameras. I always buy my Photo gear on my credit card so I get the extended warranty offered by the credit card company. Last time I had a flash unit fixed for a blown flash tube the cost was $40 for tube and $85 for labour and shipping. 15k exposures on a flash tube is nothing it could possibly be a blown capacitor. "C J Campbell" wrote in message news:2008092807053916807-christophercampbell@hotmailcom... On 2008-09-27 22:12:25 -0700, ____ said: Was using my SB800 for a wedding today. Heard a gunshot like sound and the tube must have blown, after 1 1/2 years worth of use and about 15,000 exposures. Just wonder if the tube can be replaced and is it cost effective? Probably best to ask Nikon that question. My understanding is that it runs about $140 to replace a flash tube. That is a lot cheaper than a new SB800. Turnaround time, in my experience, is about two business days plus shipping time. You guys have been very helpful- it's much appreciated, I'll contact the dealer I frequent. -- Reality is a picture perfected and never looking back. |
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