douglasf13
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According to alphamountworld.com, the new little $130 Sony flash being released can be used as a trigger for other off camera flashes. Perfect for A900, since it doesn't have an onboard flash trigger like other sony DSLRs.
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Not sure, but I understood from the introduction on Sony Europe that you have to put it in the vertical position to turn it on.Slick...about time. But it looks like in the down-position, it'll stick out farther than the lens?
Correct. The flash folds down for compactness when not in use. When in use, you flip the flash up. For using bounce mode, there is a switch on the side, which apparently aims the flash lens itself upwards. Pretty cool. :thumbup:Not sure, but I understood from the introduction on Sony Europe that you have to put it in the vertical position to turn it on.
Compactness? Hmm, I need a side view. It still looks like it'd be cumbersome and fragile...just in another direction. Maybe I'm not getting it.Correct. The flash folds down for compactness when not in use. When in use, you flip the flash up. For using bounce mode, there is a switch on the side, which apparently aims the flash lens itself upwards. Pretty cool. :thumbup:
Aha, I agree completely. Perfectly compact OFF the camera. And I suppose on the camera, but not in use, it's a bit more handy to have it folded down....but then I'd just take it off.I guess I should say compactness relative to the other Sony flashes. I never bring my flashes anywhere because of their size, but this is shirt pocket-able. IMO this is the perfect A900 solution. By leaving off the built-in flash, but offering a small flash that allows bounce and has nearly twice the GN of the A700's built in flash, it's the best of both worlds...Sony should have had this flash available last September.