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Contact your local Nikon authorized service center for repair on this issue. If you're in the east coast or in the New York City area you can contact us for this.
Hiram Photo Tech Repair Service 110 East 13th Street New York, NY 10003 212-673-8400
This must be because the SB800 was not seated in properly or was turned off when you used the cam.
Use one of the manual settings (A or S) and you should be able to keep the built in flash down (unless it was physically damaged that u need to bring it to the repair shop)
It may be sensing enough light at your location so the flash does not fire. If you want to force it to fire, make sure the flash icon is selected and also use Auto mode to test
Must be a problem with the flash lock. Try to pop up the flash manually using the flash button located at the top left of the camera beside the flash. If this does not work, you may need to have the cam serviced
That is just a mechanical problem. There is just a little hook holding the flash and it retracts when you push the bottom to pop up the flash. I'm sure it can be easily fixed, never the less your camera store or Nikon should take care of it. So take it back to the place you bought it.
allisonsylvi, That's hard to answer until it is seen by the repair person, a reputable repair shop might be able to cannibalize another camera for the pop up flash parts pretty cheap and you just have to pay his hourly rate (the big variable). If the camera still functions otherwise and even the pop-up flash still works, you may want to go low-tech and hold it down with black electricians tape. You can turn off the flash so it won't want to pop up even in low light situations. If you use a flash attachment it will produce better results anyway. The D100 is a tough camera, lots of photojournalists were the first to embrace it for its durability out in the field. (metal body as opposed to plastic parts) randy320sgi
erik,
It's a little plastic arm with a tiny hook that moves to allow the flash to pop up when you press the flash button on the front of the camera or select the built-in flash option. You may be able to get parts direct from Nikon or if you have a good local repair shop they may have a parts D80 to cannibalize for you if you have the skill to put it together. If you got the camera at a good price and don't really rely on the built-in flash, (one on the hot shoe is always better) then tape that puppy down with some electrical tape until the repair is done and shoot all you want, peel it back for the pop up when you need a fill in flash or you don't have the flash with you.
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