Does that slit lamp have a beamsplitter lever that must be flipped to direct the image to the camera port? Has someone inadvertently flipped it? Take the camera off and look into the camera port with a brightly lit subject in front of the SL. do you see anything? George E. Henry, CRA, PBT Wheaton Eye Clinic, Ltd. 2015 N. Main Street Wheaton IL 60187 630.588.3615 _____ From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of CPMC Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 17:20 To: 'optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [optimal] Re: Problem with Nikon D200 Back to the drawing board. New cables, still no image MUST be somewhere in the mechanism of the slit lamp itself, as system is getting power, cable is sending to Camera Control Pro software OK, camera back works fine when NOT connected to slit lamp, Shutter is tripping, flash is engaging. Any more thoughts? 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: CPMC Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:40 AM To: 'optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: [optimal] Re: Problem with Nikon D200 That's it! Shutter, which I always thought was working, confirmed. Need new cables! So grateful to tap into all of the expertise! Denice 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 JamesStrong Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:20 AM To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [optimal] Re: Problem with Nikon D200 Denice Have you tried leaving the camera wired to the SL but taking it off the mount and holding the body toward a ceiling light while looking into the lens mount and firing it as you would thru the slitlamp? This way you can rule out mirrow/shutter issues being caused by the wires/triggers of the SL. Then you're down to software or FW cables. My next step would be a different FW cable. We ran into a situation like that when we tried to connect a trigger cable and there was a weird polarity issue thar reversed the function of the mirror. It locked up when connected and DROPPED when the shutter was activated. FWIW - we shoot with the D200 on 1/250 on our old Zeiss SL, a slower sync shouldn't matter and i know you said none of that has changed. j- On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 7:15 PM, CPMC Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center <cpmceyelab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Yes, that's the default. No card in the camera, firewired to computer. Black image Unhook camera, slap on a lens, put in a memory card, wal la, a photo! 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 4:09 PM To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [optimal] Re: Problem with Nikon D200 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 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3408 / Virus Database: 3222/6751 - Release Date: 10/15/13