Sony Wireless Flash???

[shorty6049]

Does anyone know if theres a way to do wireless flash with a sony a700 and a HVL-f56AM flash? I know you can do it with the pop-up flash and everything, but does anyone know of any OTHER ways to do this? Possibly a radio flash transmitter type deal? any input would help!

 

[Garbz]

Radio flashes come in 2 flavours. Pocket Wizards ($400) or http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=wireless+flash+&category0= cheap chinese radio triggers.

Some people report problems with mis-firing cheapies, some report range problems. The one I have used worked perfectly every time.

 

[shorty6049]

Sony has a proprietary hot shoe design, carried over from minolta. so both of those are pretty much out of the question

 

[Happy Hour]

there is no way to trigger off camera flashes without the pop up flash on the sony cameras. Here is a link explaining everything about it.http://thesybersite.com/minolta/flashfacts/
This link explains everything you need to know about the Sony/Minolta wireless flash setup.

 

[shorty6049]

I found that if i cover the pop-up flash on my camera with a hoya R72 IR filter, i can still trgger the flash that way, but it still needs to be line of sight

 

[Happy Hour]

I found that if i cover the pop-up flash on my camera with a hoya R72 IR filter, i can still trgger the flash that way, but it still needs to be line of sight

are you sure? I can trigger mine from behind the flash from 10 feet away. I use 2 one set up on each side of a person and I sand behind the flashes and take the pics.Sometimes up to 10 feet behind.

 

[shorty6049]

yea, mine works behind the camera too, i guess line of IR sight... i just want to eliminate having to use the pop-up flash alltogether so i dont have to always bounce it away from the subject

 

[Happy Hour]

yea, mine works behind the camera too, i guess line of IR sight... i just want to eliminate having to use the pop-up flash alltogether so i dont have to always bounce it away from the subject

I did a few tests about that, and on the 2 second delay you can't notice the flash from the camera in the pictures. unless you are shooting in a completely dark room