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<blockquote data-quote="GracieAllen" data-source="post: 526728" data-attributes="member: 41283">Thanks for the reply.The body does &quot;talk&quot; to the&nbsp; flash - Flash goes into standby mode; when I press the shutter part&nbsp; way, flash wakes up.&nbsp; Also, with the shutter pressed part way, the red focusing lights on the front of the camera come on.&nbsp; When I PRESS the shutter, the flash DOESN'T fire,&nbsp; BUT the display blinks, as does the &quot;ready&quot; light...After&nbsp; looking through the manual (again - yes, I'm one of those geeks that&nbsp; actually reads the manuals), looking online, and walking through all the&nbsp; menu settings AGAIN, I finally resorted to the sledgehammer approach..&nbsp;&nbsp; I power cycled everything - pull the battery, pull the memory cards,&nbsp; and so on.&nbsp; Nothing.&nbsp; Did a reset on the SB-800 even though it was&nbsp; working fine on the other bodies.&nbsp; Nothing.&nbsp; After all else failed I did the&nbsp; 2-button reset on the D7200 and that APPEARS to have &quot;fixed&quot; it...MY&nbsp; problem NOW is I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SETTING WAS GOOFED UP...&nbsp; I just&nbsp; walked back through all the menu settings and put things back to where I&nbsp; had them and everything is working FINE, but I have no idea WHY...---------------In&nbsp; a POSSIBLY RELATED thing...&nbsp; When I have the SB-800 on the D7200, and I&nbsp; press the shutter part way, the RED LEDs on the front of the SB-800&nbsp; LIGHT UP.&nbsp; I don't THINK I've ever seen them do this on any of my other&nbsp; bodies before...&nbsp; I switched the flash back to the D810 and tried it -&nbsp; and THEY DEFINITELY DON'T LIGHT.&nbsp; Did the same thing on the D300 and&nbsp; they don't light up THERE either....&nbsp; All while sitting in the same&nbsp; chair in the same room with the same light...&nbsp; On the D7200 the red&nbsp; focusing (at least as I understand it they're just for focusing when&nbsp; it's dark) light/LEDs light up...&nbsp; So, since these would light even when&nbsp; the camera wouldn't FIRE the flash, it was TALKING to the flash, but&nbsp; something was going on...&nbsp; Now that it DOES fire the flash, the red&nbsp; lights still LIGHT up but at least the flash fires. WHAT do I have set on the D7200 that causes the red LEDs to light?&nbsp; And WHAT did I have set that caused the flash NOT to fire?I've&nbsp; turned the Flash Warning ON and OFF.&nbsp; Makes no difference as near as I&nbsp; can tell.&nbsp; BTW:&nbsp; Even with it off, with the SB-800 on top, the flash&nbsp; warning light DOES come on when the flash is ready.I've&nbsp; turned Modeling Flash ON and OFF.&nbsp; Makes no difference...&nbsp; With it on,&nbsp; pressing DOF turns on the SB-800, but either way it still fires fine.I&nbsp; even turned the built-in AF assist illuminator ON and OFF.&nbsp; Works but&nbsp; doesn't appear to have anything magical to do with the flash.......I&nbsp; virtually ALWAYS use AFC and 51 points when using the flash; aperture&nbsp; mode; single shot; matrix meter...&nbsp; NOTHING odd (as far as I know) or&nbsp; interesting.Anybody have an idea WHAT&nbsp; setting - presuming it wasn't the camera body having some sort of stroke&nbsp; - was/would again cause the flash not to work?For&nbsp; the moment, it's fine, but Saturday I've got an even to shoot - the&nbsp; D810 will be handling the portraits, but the D7200 is my walk-around,&nbsp; candid unit.&nbsp; And it's going to be shooting 100% with flash in a&nbsp; Stroboframe, so having it SUDDENLY lose it's mind and stop firing the&nbsp; flash is NOT a recipe for success...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GracieAllen, post: 526728, member: 41283"] Thanks for the reply. The body does "talk" to the flash - Flash goes into standby mode; when I press the shutter part way, flash wakes up. Also, with the shutter pressed part way, the red focusing lights on the front of the camera come on. When I PRESS the shutter, the flash DOESN'T fire, BUT the display blinks, as does the "ready" light... After looking through the manual (again - yes, I'm one of those geeks that actually reads the manuals), looking online, and walking through all the menu settings AGAIN, I finally resorted to the sledgehammer approach.. I power cycled everything - pull the battery, pull the memory cards, and so on. Nothing. Did a reset on the SB-800 even though it was working fine on the other bodies. Nothing. After all else failed I did the 2-button reset on the D7200 and that APPEARS to have "fixed" it... MY problem NOW is I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SETTING WAS GOOFED UP... I just walked back through all the menu settings and put things back to where I had them and everything is working FINE, but I have no idea WHY... --------------- In a POSSIBLY RELATED thing... When I have the SB-800 on the D7200, and I press the shutter part way, the RED LEDs on the front of the SB-800 LIGHT UP. I don't THINK I've ever seen them do this on any of my other bodies before... I switched the flash back to the D810 and tried it - and THEY DEFINITELY DON'T LIGHT. Did the same thing on the D300 and they don't light up THERE either.... All while sitting in the same chair in the same room with the same light... On the D7200 the red focusing (at least as I understand it they're just for focusing when it's dark) light/LEDs light up... So, since these would light even when the camera wouldn't FIRE the flash, it was TALKING to the flash, but something was going on... Now that it DOES fire the flash, the red lights still LIGHT up but at least the flash fires. WHAT do I have set on the D7200 that causes the red LEDs to light? And WHAT did I have set that caused the flash NOT to fire? I've turned the Flash Warning ON and OFF. Makes no difference as near as I can tell. BTW: Even with it off, with the SB-800 on top, the flash warning light DOES come on when the flash is ready. I've turned Modeling Flash ON and OFF. Makes no difference... With it on, pressing DOF turns on the SB-800, but either way it still fires fine. I even turned the built-in AF assist illuminator ON and OFF. Works but doesn't appear to have anything magical to do with the flash....... I virtually ALWAYS use AFC and 51 points when using the flash; aperture mode; single shot; matrix meter... NOTHING odd (as far as I know) or interesting. Anybody have an idea WHAT setting - presuming it wasn't the camera body having some sort of stroke - was/would again cause the flash not to work? For the moment, it's fine, but Saturday I've got an even to shoot - the D810 will be handling the portraits, but the D7200 is my walk-around, candid unit. And it's going to be shooting 100% with flash in a Stroboframe, so having it SUDDENLY lose it's mind and stop firing the flash is NOT a recipe for success... [/QUOTE]

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