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Hotshoe adaper for older flashes?
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Slingers
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I have the F43M and I use it on my NEX 7 with the adapter from Sony. While I am doing the opposite to you TTL and HSS both work for me as it was mounted direct. I have a cheap adapter too I have used for older flashes in manual mode but I haven't tried it with the F43M.
Update: I tried the cheap adapter but the Sony foot doesn't fit in the standard hotshoe.
Update: I tried the cheap adapter but the Sony foot doesn't fit in the standard hotshoe.
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pegelli
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Rafael, this is the adapter you need.
It maintains the full compatibility with all flash functions. I use it on my NEX 6, but mainly with the HVL-F20AM. I have used it also with my Metz 58 AF-1 (with the old style Sony shoe) but then I'm always very careful since that's a big/heavy flash and the extra adapter inbetween doesn't give me a lot of confidence strength wise. The F43AM is quite a bit smaller (but not as small as the F20AM) so you might be OK, but it never hurts to be careful.
It maintains the full compatibility with all flash functions. I use it on my NEX 6, but mainly with the HVL-F20AM. I have used it also with my Metz 58 AF-1 (with the old style Sony shoe) but then I'm always very careful since that's a big/heavy flash and the extra adapter inbetween doesn't give me a lot of confidence strength wise. The F43AM is quite a bit smaller (but not as small as the F20AM) so you might be OK, but it never hurts to be careful.