D200 power just died

GameDayPhotos

New member
I was shooting my D200 with AF50mm f/1.4 during a volleyball game and after about 10 pictures on new batteries, a cloud went over the view finder. The display froze and after a couple of minutes, I removed the batteries and the display went and has remained dark. Can someone please give pointers as I am shooting 4-5 days a week and this is my only camera body?

Thank you
 

JohnB

Senior Member
where the new batteries fully charged?

Sounds like you have a grip if you have more then 1 battery; did you try it without the grip?

Also, try a reset and see what happens:
RESET: Find the * QUAL and +/- * buttons on the top of the camera. Hold them both down for a few seconds. The top LCD blinks and everything is back to normal.
 

GameDayPhotos

New member
Freshly charged batteries and i did take the grip off and got nothing. Normally you see how many pics you have left and got nothing. Even putting the all but dead batteries back in just to get that didn't work.
I did try the reset and got nothing.
 

GameDayPhotos

New member
I have 4 en-el3s. I always have a fresh set fully charged for the number of events I shoot. The original 2 I had were starting to run low on power at the beginning of the match I was shooting, so rather than let them die, I swapped them out with a fresh set.
 

JohnB

Senior Member
Seems like it isn't the batteries then. Maybe others will have other suggestions for you; but it doesn't sound good.
 

Bikerbrent

Senior Member
Welcome aboard. Enjoy the ride.
We look forward to seeing more posts and samples of your work.

What do you mean by a cloud came over the viewfinder? Can you now see through the viewfinder? What do you mean by the display is dark? Do you mean the top, rear or both are now dark. After you removed the grip, did you replace the battery in the camera with a fully charged one?
 

GameDayPhotos

New member
As I was shooting the volleyball game, mid-shot, a cloud came over the viewfinder. I stopped and waited, thinking it was catching up with what I shot. Nothing was moving on the top display and after a minute or so, I removed the batteries from the grip and as I reinserted them into the grip, I got nothing. These batteries were fully charged as I always have a fully charged set of batteries with me when I shoot a sporting event. I can usually see the number of photos remaining and got nothing. I tried to use the lesser charged batteries to see if I could get something and got nothing.
I left the event and returned to my office and started researching things. I have tried to remove the grip and just have the one battery directly into the camera, nothing. I have tried reset it with 'Qual' & '+/-', nothing.
 

Marcel

Happily retired
Staff member
Super Mod
It seems that your mother board died or you have a serious problem with your camera. I don't know how many clicks you had on there but maybe it just came to it's last shots.
 

Bikerbrent

Senior Member
I have to agree with Marcel, it looks like the camera may have died (it happens). You might try removing all batteries from the camera for a couple of days. If you let the builtin battery discharge fully, you might get lucky and it will start up when you reinstall a battery, but I would not count on it.
 

Fred Kingston

Senior Member
How many shutter actuations are on that camera ??? It's been my experience that the weak link in Nikon's cameras are the On/Off switch... Depending on one's habits... the cycle rate for the ON/OFF switch doesn't last as long as the rest of the camera...
 

Fred Kingston

Senior Member
Just so you know... KEH and other Nikon dealers sell Excellent condition, low shutter count D200 bodies on eBay averaging right at $100

That's below what Nikon will even quote you a repair...
 

Needa

Senior Member
Challenge Team
While this is probably not the answer try removing the memory card or using a different one. On some devices it is possible for memory or shorted HD to cause the device not to boot.
 
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