SB-800 & Quantum Meltdown and Death of a Flash Gun

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The lens was starting to melt and creep - I thought that it would be made from glass ...

SB-800 & Quantum Meltdown and Death of a Flash Gun by sportpictures.

Follow the instructions - the SB-800 is too expensive to burst into flames - and smells real funny when its about to. Apologies to the Strobist community - forgive me this is for educational purposes, don't gun your flash gun or it will melt! Just like the manual says ... update 25 December 2007 - the SB-800 is no more, I was messing dialing in some manual setting and one almighty pop - one expensive Christmas. I now have one of the worlds most expensive rattles!
Good news I have found a repairer that should be able to do the repair for around 1/6th or 1/3rd of the cost of a new one. Both of which are very welcome outcomes. I've also come to the conclusion that I need two flash guns in the bag.

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Almixnuts says:

Wow! Sorry.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

sportpictures says:

Hey don't be sorry, it happens to all the flashguns of the world! It's my wallet thats going to be sorry!
Can the bulbs be replaced if you send it for repair?
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Almixnuts says:

I am pretty sure the bulb can be replace. Happy New Year.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

sportpictures says:

I've just recently collected the repaired flashgun, which is good but alas I'm around half-of-a-SB800-flash-gun lighter in cash now. When it got back to Nikon they revised the cost of the repair to just over £170. But it has taught me a valuable lesson ...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Green Hocker says:

Just out of curiosity, what did you do to get it to melt? Were you overclocking it?
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

sportpictures says:

Green Hocker - I was at a fashion show and lets just say with the Quantum 2x2 on the SB-800 I could easily rattle off 30 plus frames per minute. The first I noticed anything wrong was a strange plastic burning smell - I thought that some of the lighting on the stage must be overheating. I actually caught the flash early enough for it not to actually burst into flames, but I'm real cautious now about how fast and hard I press the shutter when its got a strobe on the top.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

becksydee says:

My partner's Nikon SB-800 flashgun had a similar incident. Where did you get yours repaired in the end?
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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