Have you tried shooting without the card in the camera? Is there a setting which directs the output? With our home brewed system we do not have a memory card in the camera back, only a hard wired connection. JMG On Monday, October 14, 2013 5:13 PM, CPMC Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center <cpmceyelab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Camera works fine disconnected from firewire, with card >Flash, shutter, all OK > >USB and Firewire cable are being recognized by computer as being valid and live > >However, when card in slit lamp, connected to Firewire, photos are black > >Checked settings. Shutter at 125. ISO 400. Nothing’s changed > > > >Denice Barsness, CRA, COMT, ROUB, CDOS, FOPS >Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center >CPMC Department of Ophthalmology >2100 Webster Street Suite 212 >San Francisco CA 94115 >(415) 600-3937 FAX (415) 600-6563 > >From:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >Behalf Of John Gerty >Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 12:15 PM >To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [optimal] Re: Problem with Nikon D200 > >Short term, see if your camera can write to an SD card or whatever card it >uses. You could then transfer the images to your CPU this way. > >Specifically, what shutter speed are you using? > >Is there an X-synch setting which may have been turned off or reset somehow? > >Do you see a preview image on the camera's screen? > >I have had cables fail and camera plugs fail. Firewire, especially the small >firewire plugs are more prone to this than USB. > >Turn everything off, then spray contact cleaner on all the connections, plug >and unplug those connectors while they are wet with the cleaner. Careful, it >might be flammable and definitely bad to breathe. > >JMG > >On Monday, October 14, 2013 1:50 PM, CPMC Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center ><cpmceyelab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Help! >> >>My OLD Nikon FS3V slit lamp camera with D200 Nikon Back >> >>Have double/triple checked all settings on D200 >> >>Rechecked, rehooked cables >> >>Flash is engaging >>Shutter opens. You hear it >> >>Fireware sending BLACK image to computer. Something is blocking light from >>camera to Firewire to computer >> >>Bad Firewire cable? Flash appears to be going off fine. SOUND and setting >>of shutter OK >> >>Your thoughts before I cry uncle and spend a lifetime on the phone with Nikon? >> >>Denice Barsness, CRA, COMT, ROUB, CDOS, FOPS >>Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center >>CPMC Department of Ophthalmology >>2100 Webster Street Suite 212 >>San Francisco CA 94115 >>(415) 600-3937 FAX (415) 600-6563 >> >> > >