edwin, it's normal

usually the body AF assist light lights up only when its dark

but SB600 AF assist light will not light up i dunno
cos my SB900 AF assist light always lights up

what he is asking is when the focus points are at different places ie the middle..the sides etc.. the built in af assist light and the sb600 af light will only turn on at certain points..

test it yourself and you would understand.

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Aug 27 2009, 10:02 PM

i know wat he is asking, but i dunno y it happens
i oni say wat i know, that is the body AF assist lights normally is for low light condition(as stated in manual)
this may not answer his question but its jz my comment/opinion
n i nvr use SB600, so i dunno how its AF light works
but my SB900 AF light always lights up

how about the built in af assist light? does your light up when u select the side focus point and not the middle one?

now that u mentioned it, i realized i nvr actually took notice when the build in AF light got light up or not
i will try test maybe 2moro, now too lazy take out camera

long time didnt snap photos.. hopefully my skills are not rusty

wow, cun man your pic~
more than good enaf for advertisement d

Darn... the defect with the D5000 happened to my camera... just as I was covering my event. Fully charged battery, worked normally before dinner, after that suddenly as if there's no power whatsoever... Thankfully our official photographer decided to come, then he jokingly teased my cam, "that's why, use Nikon~!" (he;s a professional using a Canon 1D Mk II) =.="

haven bring ur cam for services??

Really worried my new D5000 suddenly dead as well. Crossing fingers.

Just to note...the SB-900 has a different and much better AF illuminator than the SB-600 and responds to the focus point selected. The SB-600 will work on all points where the lens is set between 28-85mm.

haven't... going to try send today... the prob is I dun have the 1-2hours to spend waiting...
and I need the cam for this weekend T_T

hope the new D3000 and D300s will not have this problem

Hi..d5k user reporting in....

mine is 1 of d faulty batch,n just got back my cam yesterday after it suddenly 'kaput' during 1 event in putrajaya...

izit true that they take only 2 hours to repair?bcos in my case, they take about 3 weeks !!
i've called them every week to check my camera status, but they said not yet,still got long Q..n hav to wait for my turn...

waloa...either bad service or too many d5k sent to repair...


p/s; can sum1 add me to d users list?

i dun think u can possibly get it today... mayb afte national day... since today must be a lot of them taking leave...

thanks for thumbs


btw, D5000 got defective batch ?? hmm.. gotta warn my friend since he interested to get a D5000.

btw, all nikon entry level DSLR are great

This post has been edited by mindkiller6610: Aug 28 2009, 11:28 AM

Hehe..i already mentioned this a couple of times...better send in your camera now rather then it dying when u need it most.

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Added on August 28, 2009, 12:44 pmi havent tried this but i think the Sb600 could work on focus points below 28mm when you open up the built in wide angle diffuser.

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Aug 28 2009, 12:44 PM

Yeah I've been wanting to, but the nature of my job means I need it on an almost daily basis... anyways sent liao... summore had to fill up form, take temperature and wash hands in weird substance...

yeah.. i understand.. some people need their cameras almost everyday..i do too

so when will it be ready?