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Yellow substance leaking from flash housing D7000
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<blockquote data-quote="spb_stan" data-source="post: 630700" data-attributes="member: 43545"><p>When the D7000 came out there were a lot of posts about blurry photos from people who had been using lower res cameras.I am moderator of a large Nikon community and dealt hundreds of such messages. There was no technical reason that made sense for why the camera was delivering more blurred images and every one posted appeared to have slight motion blur. Asking the questioner to mount it on a sturdy tripod got images without the problem. That was at a time when the best camera for pros was the D3s which had 12mpx. The old rule of thumb from the film days was minimum shutter speed for hand holding was 1/fl, so suggesting people try 1/fl*1.5 as minimum speed seemed to solve the problem. Eventually, a month of two of experience usually solved the problem 1/fl also. No one seems to mention it now because higher res cameras are the norm and people have gotten used to applying more care in hand held shots.. I never had that problem but I was using flash often, even in daylight for fill but suddenly did have a problem with any lens over 70mm just did not catch focus well, after click count was about 70,000. It started abruptly as a event and finished the event with a 24-70. I took it to the Sacramento service center when back in the US where I bought the camera and they said it only needed alignment, picked it up 3 days later (the day I bought a D800 when it first came out and there were 6 mo waiting lists...got lucky and got one 3 days after I decided to get one, from Costco which was located 4 states away)It has been flawless since that adjustment. </p><p>People have just gotten used to higher res and expecting them at 100% pixel peeping to be more sensitive to hand holding technique because 100% is more magnification on higher res cameras. Pixel peeping is a terrible habit to fall into but most do it and thinks it tells them something. It does but nothing relevant to the capture quality.</p><p>Since that first month or two of complaints, and no change in the camera, the problem of blur has evaporated. I find my D7000 locks onto decent focus target more steadily than my D800. The hysteresis of the servo is obviously different because once it locks the focus dot in the VF holds very steady. </p><p>Regarding the flash capacitor, it is located under and to the front of the doghouse so if it lost a seam, the only way it would seep from where yours did would be if it was stored upside down in its case or box. I have been inside D90s and D7000's. When I first got digital after years with Canon film(still love that old A1) the D90 had a lot of features and performance for the time and a moderate price of $1300. I took mine apart and designed/built a RF flash controller that worked on the same signaling as the optical CLS, about 4 years before Pocket Wizard got it working. By the time the d7000 came out I was not so interested in making warranty voiding modifications. The D90 is still a good camera and has over 150k clicks with never a problem. My GF uses it now. She seldom uses flash but the RF system still works great. That is why I know the location and type of photoflash capacitor is used in these models. I have a service manual now for both the D90 and D7000.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spb_stan, post: 630700, member: 43545"] When the D7000 came out there were a lot of posts about blurry photos from people who had been using lower res cameras.I am moderator of a large Nikon community and dealt hundreds of such messages. There was no technical reason that made sense for why the camera was delivering more blurred images and every one posted appeared to have slight motion blur. Asking the questioner to mount it on a sturdy tripod got images without the problem. That was at a time when the best camera for pros was the D3s which had 12mpx. The old rule of thumb from the film days was minimum shutter speed for hand holding was 1/fl, so suggesting people try 1/fl*1.5 as minimum speed seemed to solve the problem. Eventually, a month of two of experience usually solved the problem 1/fl also. No one seems to mention it now because higher res cameras are the norm and people have gotten used to applying more care in hand held shots.. I never had that problem but I was using flash often, even in daylight for fill but suddenly did have a problem with any lens over 70mm just did not catch focus well, after click count was about 70,000. It started abruptly as a event and finished the event with a 24-70. I took it to the Sacramento service center when back in the US where I bought the camera and they said it only needed alignment, picked it up 3 days later (the day I bought a D800 when it first came out and there were 6 mo waiting lists...got lucky and got one 3 days after I decided to get one, from Costco which was located 4 states away)It has been flawless since that adjustment. People have just gotten used to higher res and expecting them at 100% pixel peeping to be more sensitive to hand holding technique because 100% is more magnification on higher res cameras. Pixel peeping is a terrible habit to fall into but most do it and thinks it tells them something. It does but nothing relevant to the capture quality. Since that first month or two of complaints, and no change in the camera, the problem of blur has evaporated. I find my D7000 locks onto decent focus target more steadily than my D800. The hysteresis of the servo is obviously different because once it locks the focus dot in the VF holds very steady. Regarding the flash capacitor, it is located under and to the front of the doghouse so if it lost a seam, the only way it would seep from where yours did would be if it was stored upside down in its case or box. I have been inside D90s and D7000's. When I first got digital after years with Canon film(still love that old A1) the D90 had a lot of features and performance for the time and a moderate price of $1300. I took mine apart and designed/built a RF flash controller that worked on the same signaling as the optical CLS, about 4 years before Pocket Wizard got it working. By the time the d7000 came out I was not so interested in making warranty voiding modifications. The D90 is still a good camera and has over 150k clicks with never a problem. My GF uses it now. She seldom uses flash but the RF system still works great. That is why I know the location and type of photoflash capacitor is used in these models. I have a service manual now for both the D90 and D7000. [/QUOTE]
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