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cooltouch wrote:
The A6000 has the standard ISO flash shoe, right? I mean, it doesn't have that awful proprietary one that Minolta came up with, right?
The way I see it, you have two choices:
1. You can buy a Sony flash that will work in all the auto modes with that camera and pay a lot for it, or
2. You can buy an old vintage flash, like a Vivitar 283 or 285, with a good thyristor circuit and allow the flash to control exposure, the way it was done in the pre-TTL days.
The way I see it, the only problem you may experience is if the camera sends a sync signal to the flash shoe (for some pre-flash BS), setting the flash off before the actual exposure occurs. Even then, it's not insurmountable. You can shoot in "S" or "M" mode and set the shutter speed to x-sync or slower.
I do quite a bit of flash exposures with flashes that are not directly compatible with my NEX 7. I shoot in "M" mode so I can control shutter speed. I'm also typically shooting with a manual focus lens. So I'll take a test shot and evaluate exposure, then adjust as necessary by either opening or closing down the aperture, or adjusting the output on the flash. (My flash supports this)
I find that, once I've dialed in a good exposure setting, it works very well. Plus, there's a considerable amount of exposure latitude anyway when shooting in raw mode -- as loing as I haven't overexposed, so if I haven't nailed it, I can always adjust the raw image to make up for it.
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