oh guys, i heard from you guys some time ago, someone of u brought your alpha (past warranty) to sony service center for change of hand grip plastic. - apparently no charge incurred.. may i know who is it? coz i tried sending my old A100 but they said it will need to be charged, even without changing anything, will charge me RM20.. the service rep said if i got the contact number/ proof of the previous change of parts, then i can get it too..

What's the story morning glory? Ada happening? Can I come with?

bros...just wanna ask...alpha flash got mode where any camera flash can trigger it?

going with gf to borneo highland on sunday

mana tau got good luck can bolo ur 50mm

don't have

MemorableStudios: Unfortunately, no RAW converter is straight-forward when freshly installed.

I suppose a much quicker way is to roll +0.7 EV on the back dial. Spot Meter AEL Toggle actually becomes Slow Sync mode so you can also tap Spot Meter AEL Toggle on the white and it might work better (with flash).

Tried to install DxO Optics Pro, but it couldn't install properly.

ilikehandphones: No, Sony flashes do not have optical slave trigger mode. However they can be triggered by Sony Alphas with the pop-up flash raised and the flash mode set to WL (or the F42 or F58 triggered by the F58 on the A700, or the F20/F58 on the A700/A900.)

albnok: curiuos noob question here... I havnt gotten my f42am yet... so im not too sure how the basics work on it.. but just for information purpose, im curious.. To say that if i had the f42 as the main flash, and then i have the f20 as slave flash, can the f42 trigger the f20 on an a300?

Sorry ah noob question, i havnt gotten the time to read up on the f42 flash..

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no, the F20 cant be triggered by the F42, but it can work the other way around...
the F20 doesnt have an optical receiver..

lildaredevil906: No, the F42 cannot control ANY Alpha flash. The F20 cannot be triggered by any Alpha flash.

The F20 can trigger the F42, if the F20 is on the A850/A900, though. The F58 can trigger the F42 on the A700/A850/A900.

Your pop-up flash however, can trigger the F42, when the A300 flash mode is set to WL, and the F42 WL mode is on.

This post has been edited by albnok: Aug 25 2009, 06:06 PM

Geavity oredy update with new lenses..

hehehe... Sunday got outing with family ler... makan selamat baby 2nd month... time for family single portrait... sorry bro... never been to borneo highland b4...

no unless u hv optical slave adaptor.

Wow, trigger here, trigger there.. thanks for the info albnok =).. its a good info to know for a newbie =)

noob questionn.

been thinking to buy a monopod...is it a must to buy the monpod + ball head?
can the camera screwed on the monpod without the ball head..?

planning to buy it separately...

the answer to your question is NO.
You need a ballhead to screw on to the monopod. Most good ones do not come with the head. Your camera will den be screwed to the mounting plate which is then mounted onto the ballhead.

thanks bro, for the tips..

anyway, i tried installing DXO trial version, and used my previous a350 RAW file, it will automatically calibrate the settings to your camera type and shooting settings... coz when I load up 1 image, the noise was reduced, picture still sharp and better dynamic range compared to previous,,, all automatic... hmmm..

will test with a900 RAW files next...

Actually Sony wireless flash system is soooo easy to understand. To make it simple, you just have to remember:

- all bodies are wireless capable (A850/900 are exception because they don't have built-in flash, but they have triggering capability)

- all Sony Alpha flash are wireless TTL capable

- F20AM flash can be used as trigger on A850/900 only

- F58AM is the top of the line flash, can be used as trigger as well on any body

camera screwed on mounting plate then mount on ball head then screwed on the top on monopod?

sure ka bro...???from what i tried monopod can be mount without a ballhead bcos the screw thread has a thread for our camera to mount...i always play with the monopod in the shop im working....maybe someone could enlighten us....

fixed...

This post has been edited by raist86: Aug 25 2009, 07:19 PM