Trouble with Nikon D3200: When I turn on/off the camera a little green light shows up on the bottom right near the bottom on the back of the camera body and the hour glass shows on the...

Stormygale

When I turn on/off the camera a little green light shows up on the bottom right near the bottom on the back of the camera body and the hour glass shows on the screen. This last different amounts of time . I've tried changing the SD card and checked all settings. Help

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Stormygale wrote:

When I turn on/off the camera a little green light shows up on the bottom right near the bottom on the back of the camera body and the hour glass shows on the screen. This last different amounts of time . I've tried changing the SD card and checked all settings. Help

That is not a "problem of any kind, its simply your camera telling you that it is still writing images to your memory card. NEVER remove the memory card from the camera until the green light has gone off or you could lose some of your images, and even corrupt the card itself and lose them all.
The light also flashes once when you turn the camera on, this lets you know the camera is verifying there is a card in the card slot or not. Read your manual, it will explain all this in detail for you. Amazing things, manuals.

CO

Follow the precautions that MT Shooter has described. There's nothing wrong with your camera or memory card. My D90 and D7000 do that also.

Fishnwish

What they said!! :-)
Plus... Reformat your card after you download each time. My photography teacher gave us a document from SanDisk that recommended doing that to keep cards at peak performance.
(I hope that wasn't redundant)
Good Luck!

watchcow Loc: Moore, Oklahoma

Could it also be the sensor clean routine? There are settings on most of the Nikons to never do the ultrasonic clean, or do it on power one and shutdown or just on power on. It may be doing the shutdown sensor clean in addition to finishing up clearing the buffers to the flash card.

CharlesA Loc: New Jersey

watchcow wrote:

Could it also be the sensor clean routine? There are settings on most of the Nikons to never do the ultrasonic clean, or do it on power one and shutdown or just on power on. It may be doing the shutdown sensor clean in addition to finishing up clearing the buffers to the flash card.

I think you nailed it. He should go into the menu and check his setting, it's probably set to clean at shutdown.

Charles

Fishnwish

I sold my D3200 but I thought I remember it demonstrating the sensor cleaning process with little graphic sparkles zipping across the display screen. Just to maybe put the issue to rest, the Nikon D3200 features page calls the light, "#33, memory card access lamp".
http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/d3200/compatibility03.htm
Since it's not called "User Termination by Deathray Warning Lamp" I'd like to wish Stormygale many happy photography adventures with her truly wonderful and fun camera.

Fishnwish

PS, I may have said something really stupid. I addressed Stormygale as "her" without a single fact to backup my assumption of gender.
My apologies in advance if I messed up on that one!!
Sincere Regards,

watchcow Loc: Moore, Oklahoma

Fishnwish wrote:

I sold my D3200 but I thought I
Since it's not called "User Termination by Deathray Warning Lamp" I'd like to wish Stormygale many happy photography adventures with her truly wonderful and fun camera.

But if it were..... photography would then become an event in the X-games or Red Bull Challenge. If it ain't extreme, it won't go mainstream.

Fishnwish

watchcow wrote:

But if it were..... photography would then become an event in the X-games or Red Bull Challenge. If it ain't extreme, it won't go mainstream.

Let's write Nikon, Canon, and Sony and ask for the following warning lamps.
Kid with sticky fingers near camera alert.
Whiney relative that doesn't want picture taken alarm.
Mall guard going to quote 9/11 as reason for no photographs in this area alert.
Spouse found receipt.
New model release alert.
Camera store proximity indicator.
Boss is on your Facebook page warning lamp.

watchcow Loc: Moore, Oklahoma

Fishnwish wrote:

Let's write Nikon, Canon, and Sony and ask for the following warning lamps.

Hisenberg Compensator for those times you are just not sure.
Sub-cyclic normality assert-O-tron for those times you need to overcome exceptional conditions like too harsh light, inadequate contrast, fuzzy focus.
A "red canoe" filter to add interest and dynamic color to a boring composition.
Schrödinger effect psychic analyzer for those times you are shooting blind or are too lazy to look at what you are shooting.
Ansel Adamizer shooting mode so mailboxes and anthills look like the mountains around Yosemite, and muddy ponds look like Mono Lake.
"Drano" storage optimization to flush all the grungy images clogging your flash card.

Fishnwish

Sweet!
I've always wanted a button that randomly changes the brand and model number of my camera like a James Bond license plate. Just for my entertainment factor with those who strive to scope out your equipment before they can say G'day!!