I got this flash for A99 and A77. I have adapter for A99. But the flash does not lock into the old style hotshoe on adapter or A77. Any idea why?
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The hot shoes are different between the two models of camera. I have them both. You need to buy an adapter. Call Mecabliltz and they will help you get the right part.
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The Sony adapter worked for my A65. Are you sure you have the Sony adapter?
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Just to be sure - make sure the rotator wheel is turned fully open. Counter clockwise. It's located right above the shoe slot on the flash. Then it should slide right in. Then rotate the wheel clockwise to tighten it down. Also, if all that is OK, just make sure you have one actually made for the Sony. Mine, on the back, just above the input shoe says "For Son" - no Y on mine, just for son.Hope this helps.
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I had to send my Metz flash back as it did not fit onto my Sony a7r as advertised. The flash unit in the box did not match the picture of the shoe attachment on the box. I ended up spending extra for the Sony flash -- not a bad thing as the Sony flash is so much more solidly built.
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If you bought the Sony version of this flash, it should lock onto the A77 proprietary flash shoe because it is specifically designed for it. It will not lock onto the A77 Mark II flash shoe because that uses a standard, non-proprietary flash shoe.
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It works perfectly with my A77. It should work with an A99 but I have no experience with that combination.
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Will this work for the new Sony hotshoe on the a sony a58 with a minolta/sony adapter that made to except the older hotshoe ?
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Yes. I've pulled mine and verified that it has all 4 pins, and it does use the older Minolta-style hot-shoe connector that the A77 uses. (I say old-style because the A99 and some of the smaller newer models, such as the a58, and likely all future Sony models, use the more standard canon-style connector)
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I'm not familiar with the hotshoe on the a5100,does it have the funky Minolta style shoe, or does it look like a normal Canon style? If it looks like the Canon style the adaptor won't work.
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Hello,Please make sure the flash is attached appropriately to your cameras hotshoe, next select a mode on the camera that is either manual, shutter priority or aperture priority. If your flash is attached to the hot shoe, it may be that you are using one of the cameras program modes that supports the auto pop up flash. You camera manual should explain this in more detail.
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i could not get it work on my camera... The flash works fine on a nikon camera, so i guess the problem is with the adapter. i have purchased another adapter from dx.com but it hasn't arrived yet.
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I don't know whether it will work with the NEX7 or not. I have a Quantaray QB-350A flash which I want to use off-camera with my Sony A-100 and my A-57. I have tried it with this SMDV (SAFE SYNC) hot shoe converter and also with several others. It does not work with any of them. I don't know if there may be a voltage incompatibility or what's wrong. It does work well with my old film cameras. The only other flash I have is dedicated to the Sony hot shoe on the camera, and it works fine on both cameras. So, I don't think my problem is the SMDV hot shoe. It may work for you depending on what flash you use it with. I don't know whether it will work with the NEX7 or not. I have a Quantaray QB-350A flash which I want to use off-camera with my Sony A-100 and my A-57. I have tried it with this SMDV (SAFE SYNC) hot shoe converter and also with several others. It does not work with any of them. I don't know if there may be a voltage incompatibility or what's wrong. It does work well with my old film cameras. The only other flash I have is dedicated to the Sony hot shoe on the camera, and it works fine on both cameras. So, I don't think my problem is the SMDV hot shoe. It may work for you depending on what... » Read More I don't know whether it will work with the NEX7 or not. I have a Quantaray QB-350A flash which I want to use off-camera with my Sony A-100 and my A-57. I have tried it with this SMDV (SAFE SYNC) hot shoe converter and also with several others. It does not work with any of them. I don't know if there may be a voltage incompatibility or what's wrong. It does work well with my old film cameras. The only other flash I have is dedicated to the Sony hot shoe on the camera, and it works fine on both cameras. So, I don't think my problem is the SMDV hot shoe. It may work for you depending on what flash you use it with. « Show Less
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This has no use in your camera, it is for cameras with a Proprietary Sony Hot Shoe, in other words if your camera have a Sony(the older hotshoe version) hot shoe and you want to use a standard hotshoe flash then using this you can connect it to the camera, also if your camera does not have a pc(for a flash with a pc wire) connection, then this enables your camera to fire an external pc connection flash. you can use this on the Sony a 700 camera for an example. Your camera is a compact camera without a hotshoe, it has its own pop up flash.
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If a99 has standard shoe you will need the adapter as with the a58 where it works in TTL, if a99 has minolta so will work without adapter and in TTL also as with my old a55
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yes this designed for the a7. A7 use a regular hot shoe, Sony Alpha SLT/ DSLR use some odd one. This really is the only flash that you don't need an adapter and is TTL, but it is smaller/ weaker then most flash. Yes I tried at Tall's camera on my A7 and it worked with TTL. Just didn't buy it yet.
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Yes, no issue, I use the Metz AF58 with the sony A99 as single flash or as slaved part of a Multi flash setup.
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If you order the NIKON version, yes. Each TTL (Through The Lens) hotshoe is designed FOR that camera, so the flash has to be the right version to get the fully automatic interaction.
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E.Austin, Does your camera have a HOTSHOE to connect an extermnal flash to the camera? A hot shoes is this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_shoe . IF you have that connector on your camera, then this Yongnuo flash will rudimentarily work (I.e. pop the flash when the shutter button is pressed).
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I use it on an A57 no hot shoe needed for the camera. You might need one for the flash.
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No, this is made specific to be mounted in sony hotshoe, it will not work in nikon, you need to find another with mount to nikon, also the TTL feature of some flashes do not work with this adaptors.
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The A6000 seems to have the Sony version of a conventional hot shoe; a non-Sony flash will fit, but won't interface with the extra Sony contacts. The adapter is for the Sony proprietary (that is, not conventional) hot shoe (as on my NEX7). So, won't work.