Troubleshooting – Nikon SB-27 User Manual
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Troubleshooting
Cause
・ Batteries are not
correctly installed.
・ Battery power is weak.
・ Battery contacts inside
the battery chamber are
contaminated.
・ Battery power is
exhausted.
・ Camera setting switch
is set to K for
cameras in Group VII.
・ Built-in bounce flash
adapter is used for
bounce flash operation
or not correctly set into
place.
・ Auto zoom-head
positioning is
canceled.
・ A lens other than a
Nikkor lens with built-
in CPU is mounted.
・ Flash mode is set to
Standard TTL Flash.
・ Flash has fired at full
output but the light
may have been
insufficient.
・ Lens aperture is not
set to its minimum
(highest f-number).
Action to be taken
・ Re-install batteries
with correct "+" and "–"
directions.
・ Install new batteries.
・ Clean the battery
contacts.
・ Replace the batteries
with fresh ones.
・ Set the camera setting
switch to ˚.
・ Fold the diffuser card
back into the unit.
・ Resume auto zoom-
head positioning.
・ Mount a Nikkor lens
with built-in CPU.
・ Press the "M" button
until the flash mode
indicator
Ø
appears.
・ Reconfirm the flash
shooting distance
range, move closer to
the subject, or select
a wider aperture, and
then reshoot.
・ Set the lens aperture
to its minimum, or set
the exposure mode to
A or M.
Ref.
page
P. 11
P. 11, 18
P. 13
P. 52
P. 20
P. 24
P. 24
P. 40
N/A
Warning
indicator
No J
indicator
appears.
Power turns
OFF.
No indicator
bars appear.
M above the
ZOOM blinks.
(for cameras in
Group I and II)
No
Ø
indicator
lights up
(for cameras in
Group I)
÷ indicator
blinks and expo-
sure compensa-
tion value lights
up (for cameras
in Group I).
f blinks