Unpredictable exposures with rear curtain sync and bulb shutter on D7000

astroNikon · Nov 10, 2013

I just replicated the tests using my SB-700 up to 30 seconds
It worked everytime. Once again used a dark room. Bulb with various lengths. Flash showed up in every photo.

Maybe it's your batteries, flash to hot shoe contacts need to be cleaned (use pencil eraser),
or a settings not just right. I had my settings slightly off which gave some weird (to me) results at the beginning.

I'm not experienced enough to know why it would NOT work with the correct settings.

Maybe reset the 600 to default values and try setting up again.
Mode & Power buttons for 2 seconds to reset to default.

epp_b · Nov 10, 2013

I did something that somebody suggested on another forum: try the same test with the built-in flash. Bulb, rear sync, manual flash power with the internal flash.

I'm getting the same results (flashes every time, doesn't show in most of the exposures), so something is definitely up with the body

epp_b · Nov 10, 2013

Two-button reset and firmware update have not fixed the problem.

epp_b · Nov 19, 2013

In case anyone's interested: repair will cost a very reasonable $225 Canadian.

astroNikon · Nov 19, 2013

epp_b said:
In case anyone's interested: repair will cost a very reasonable $225 Canadian.

Keep me updated on if it works afterwards. I'm curious.

I only experimented with rear curtain sync once since I got my camera as I went through to see what each function did. So I relearned this ... I can certainly see why it was disappointing that it wasn't working for you.

epp_b · Nov 22, 2013

astroNikon said:
epp_b said:

In case anyone's interested: repair will cost a very reasonable $225 Canadian.

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Keep me updated on if it works afterwards. I'm curious.

I only experimented with rear curtain sync once since I got my camera as I went through to see what each function did. So I relearned this ... I can certainly see why it was disappointing that it wasn't working for you.