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[wello007]

When I use my flashlight sb9000 on my d7000 my photos are super dark
I tried everything
Factory setting reset on both devices
Shutter speed is never higher than 1/250
I am lost
Am I missing something here?

[Merco_61]

What's a SB9000?

[wello007]

Nikon flashlight

[Merco_61]

Is it possible that it is an SB-900?

Does the flash trigger at all?

What position is the switch in? When using the speedlight on-camera it should be in the on position, not slave or master.

To check that the flash tube is OK, set the speedlight to manual and full power. This should overexpose considerably if your subject is reasonably close.

 

Another thing worth checking is if it works as a slave flash. Set the same channel and group on flash and body, set the pop-up flash to master and the speedlight to slave. If this works, there is something wrong with the communication in the hotshoe on either body or flash.

[wello007]

Sorry for the typo, using my phone, it’s the sb 910
I use my camera in manual mode, no special setting, not going above 1/250 shutter speed
It trigger normally but the photo is super dark
I tried to reset both, use different modes
I saw people other people complaining about it, and looks like it’s hardware issue

[TBonz]

Did you do the tests Peter suggested?  I agree with him on performing those tests.

 

Not sure why others would complain about your flash nor how you have decided that it is a hardware issue...