Dead flash (SB-800)

mloc

My SB-800 has randomly stopped working. I changed the batteries to find some corrosion on the battery compartment lid.

Any ideas? Any place that services flashes in Dublin? Dislike the thought of having to fork out for a new one, it's a great unit.

zerohamster

try cleaning the contacts first before seeking repairs. the batteries might just not be contacting with the metallic strip or spring properly.

quilmore

had something like that in the past
had to send it in for service
this only happened to one out of 4 sb-800 I had (sold the other 3 and kept this one)
official nikon repair costs are different depending where (what country) you send it to

my repair end up costing me just over 100 quid... , they replaced the systemboard

pixbyjohn

SLR Service Centre
Rathmolyon
Co Meath
Eire
Tel (Eire) 04695 57151
Tel (From UK) 00353 4695 57151

I have used these before to repair a Nikon SB600, cost for new board was 60 euro about 2 years ago. They are official Nikon service agent.