So you are sitting in front of your SB-600 wondering how you can get it open?
I had the same issue. Upfront I need to tell you that you might loose your warrantie if you open the Speedlight by yourself so don’t blame me if you broke your Speedlight.
Before we start I need to tell you a little story to that. A while back Cosmo and I had been on a shooting with our friends from Fast Division. Later the day it got a little windey and Cosmo’s Flash fell over and the zoom was broken. Sad story cause the Flash was only a few days old. But the really weird part was, when I came home to show Cosmo my flash my zoom was also broken showing the same weird noise and no movement. Weird cause I didn’t use the flash all day and it was also broken. So we tried to find out how we can open the flash to check what was wrong. I have to admit my flash was in the corner since this day and I haven’t touched it. So today I found some time trying to find out how to open it and check what was wrong.
To open it it is actually not that hard once you found your screws. You just need a screwdriver, knife and some glew. There is 10 screws that need to be removed. The first 2 screws are just bellow the head (PICTURE1). But now the funny part. 4 screws are hidden below the push-button (PICTURE2) and the other 4 opposite from the push-button behind a rubber cover (PICTURE4). You have to remove the push-button and this rubber cover with a small knife slowly. Bellow the covers you will find the other 8 screws you were looking for (PICTURE4). When you removed them you can easily pop the speedlight open and check what’s wrong in there. When you finished you might want to remove the old glew from your rubber covers and put some new glew on them. That’s it!
I can not tell you how to fully fix your flash cause it can be thousand different things. In my case it was quite easy cause the little electric motor was popped out so it couldn’t move the flashbulb anymore. I need to check if this is the same problem on Cosmo’s flash but I heard that often little plastic parts breaking out which you might be able to glew back on yourself or not.
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Large image sensor, developed by Nikon; 12.1 effective megapixels
The D700 employs an FX-format CMOS image sensor with an area of 36.0mm (h) x 23.9mm (v). It provides superior picture quality throughout a wide ISO sensitivity range, with advantages that include a large pixel size to ensure a higher signal-to-noise ratio and wide dynamic range, and improved circuit layout to efficiently increase the strength of the electrical signal from pixels. High-speed, 12-channel readout enables fast continuous shooting of high-resolution images at up to 8 frames per second (with Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D10 and Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL4a/4 or eight AA-size batteries).
Nikon Speedlight SB-900 Major Features
- Multi-step auto zoom covers wide 17-200mm zoom range (24-105mm：SB-800)
- Three illumination patterns (standard, center-weighted and even) are available to match each shooting environment
- Automatically detects Nikon FX and Nikon DX formats and selects suitable light distribution
- Improved booster circuit for high-speed recycle time: Recycle time using four AA-size batteries is almost equal to the SB-800 with five AA-size batteries
- New AF-Assist illumination covers a wide 20-105 mm focal range compatible with the new Multi-CAM3500 FX/DX AF sensor
- Firmware update via Nikon D3 and D700 is possible (world’s first*)
- Thermal Cut-out function limits the number of flashes to avoid deterioration of light emitting parts caused by continuous flash firing
- Automatically detects color filters (fluorescent or incandescent), enabling camera to control color temperature according to filter information from SB-900
- Improved switch panel for enhanced usability
- Improved GUI using a large-size LCD dot panel
- Bounce capability: tilts up to 90º, down to -7º, rotates horizontally 180º to right and left
- Advanced Wireless Lighting and versatile functions for up to three remote groups of SB-900s or other compatible Speedlight controlled through the master SB-900
More information on the
Nikon D700
Nikon SB-900
Source: www.nikon.com
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