Nikon D60 Fix in a Flash

We had the unfortunate occurrence of having the flash on our Nikon D60 camera break and the cost to fix it was about the price of getting a new flash that could attach to the top of the camera.

The external flash would be cool, but as the only flash, it would be a little cumbersome to hook on the external flash every time we needed to take a quick picture with the flash.

We came across a video from Northern Lights that shows what the problem was and how to fix it.  The fix took just a few minutes once we had the right precision screwdriver, and viola! we saved ourselves hundreds of dollars in repair costs and time without a camera.

The Internet is awesome!  Just a little bit of searching, and we had our answer.

Now that it’s fixed, ironically…we want an external flash

Since we fixed our camera, we’ve had the bug to get a flash for our camera. The advantage of an attachable or external flash is that you don’t get the harsh shadows on people’s faces or behind them on the wall when taking pictures inside.

The attachable flash points away from your subjects and bounces the flash off the ceiling (if inside).

There are lots of different price ranges for flashes out there. We’re partial to the less expensive SB-400 model made by Nikon so you know it will work with all digital Nikon SLRs cameras.

Here’s a video showing how the SB-400 can tilt because from the pictures, it looks like it can’t. But in realitiy, it is more compact making the camera lighter to hold compared to the big flashes, and it works just fine angeling the flash.

This is the flash we want to get someday (Birthday or Christmas, come soon!) for the following reasons:

• Smaller and more light than other flashes making the camera easier to hold
• Smaller also means I’ll be more likely to take it around with me in the camera bag and use it more often
• It’s not complicated so it’s very easy to use (other flashes are over-complicated)
• It’s made by Nikon for Nikon cameras so I know it’ll work

The flash can be found on Amazon, and it has over 257 reviews (most of them the highest rating of 5 stars).

You can read the reviews and see some example pictures here:

Nikon SB-400 AF Speedlight Flash for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras on Amazon.