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Had no reply from Nikon. Asked Fixation (main repair service in UK and place that now handles Nikon UK's spare parts) their reply in case others are interested: (Don't think there were lasers at ...

Taa - yeah figured it might be. Interestingly - found the last shot had the issue just at the bottom. (I've blurred faces here) RIP at 903,683 actuations!! (Without a shutter replacement)

FYI Similar is shown in Live View Display does max/flash the aperture and shutter speed though

Anybody had anything like the below on a D800 ? Was shooting a music festival , D800 as second body to my 850 and it started doing as below. Didn't drop it etc - but potentially could have been banged.

Another continuation...... After the new 3.5mm mono cables arrives - I was STILL experiencing temperamental firing issues with the old Elinchrom heads. Sockets did definitely feel loose compared to ...

An update to this. I think I've been an idiot in terms of testing this - but understandably so. I now think that it might be all 3 of my skyport synch cables that are at fault. I had cross checked ...

This had crossed my mind. Have replaced capacitors on my D-lites (blown a fair few - inefficient cooling). Will see how easy it is to open up a Style BX - I'm hoping fairly similar.

Using the 3.5mm leads from Skyport receivers to lights, On my Elinchrom D-lites (4) - they all seem fine. But when using on works ancient Style 400BX heads - they seem loose and sometimes need a ...