Nikon Camera Repair

The CHA ERROR shows up in the Nikon D200, Nikon D300, Nikon D70 and others.

It means that your NIKON DSLR, Nikon D200/D300 can't communicate with the flash card memory controller, basically it is the equivalent to an ERROR 02 in Canon. The Nikon Cha error in these cameras does not go away by powering off and on.  It would not allow you to take any pictures at the time this happens any time or intermittent when you can take pictures normally  a while  but when the error appears you need turns off the camera and turn it on again in order to have it enable again.
Also in NIKON cameras the error code could be permanent or intermittent. A permanent error would not allow you to take pictures at any time. An intermittent error would allow you to take pictures normally for a while but when the error appears you would need to turn the camera off and on again, in order to have it enabled again.

Here are some basic solutions to this Nikon error code;    

• Use a Nikon-approved CF card
• Check that contacts are clean
• Delete files or insert new memory card.
• Format memory card, the data in CF could be corrupted.

If the ERROR continues to appear, the camera needs to be serviced. In many cases the pins in the slot are damaged due to the constant use and the camera cannot recognize the CF card. Another possible reason is that the memory card compression circuit is not operating correctly, so camera repair is needed in order to have a deep diagnosis to pinpoint and correct the problem.