no no, dun wory, its fun.. u just use virtual harddisk there.. it will not kacau ur reality harddisk..

i play my ubuntu, vista via virtualbox lol..

maybe kot

MechaHerc: have u tried vmware?

not yet bro, u using vmware eh? if ok, i try download it today

Aiya..... i just check the software compatibility... look like the Sony Motion Picture doesnt support win7 64bit.. no wonder it mess up my system.....

MechaHerc: am using it on my desktop...but i haven't tried installing windows 7 yet la...hehehe...but vmware is definitely more stable than opensource virtualbox la

clivengu: aiya...

eh, i tot all 32bit automatic support at 64bit software. i oredy open a thread about it b4..

the keyword is VMware Workstation 7 kan?

ok guys~ i need all the sifu input here for a noob question~ i already have a F42am on my a200, plan to get another F58am~
if i mount the F58am on the a200, can it trigger wireless flash on the f42am?

i read in albnok's blog long time ago~ if i am not mistaken, he mentioned only the a700 and a850 and a900 can do that~ can someone confirm?

U are looking for F58? Let me know if u find any good deal... i m planning to get one as well.. mayb buy 2 together can get better price???


like cannot le... im currently downloading the Picture Motion Browser from sony website that support vista 64bit..(though im using win7) hope it works..

if buy oso maybe go studio zaloon lor~ uncle chin give discount kah?

Too bad I'm not in KL. Then can buy 3 together, ask for big big discount.....

but haiya~ where are all the sifus~ can the f58am on the a200 trigger wireless flash on the f42am or not~ lol~

Will uncle Chin give good discount if buy more together? He seems to give pretty standard price to everyone

Anyway is it possible to get F58 below Rm 1k?


As far as i Know, Im able to trigger my friend's f42 using my A100 + F42... Not sure about F58... but i think it SHOULD!

if not mistaken, last time john shum did say F58 can trigger all siblings during jan'10 alpha training..

Gouki: Yes correct - the F58 can only trigger other Alpha flashes when mounted on an A700/A850/A900. The A700 + F58 cannot trigger an off-camera F36/F56.

You can try all you want, though, if you doubt what I said.

last tuesday i went to studio zaloon..bought lens hood for my kitlens
current f58 price is 1140k...boeing price is 1150k

This post has been edited by zarreta: Jan 28 2010, 02:05 PM

oh.. din know bout that... why F42 on A100 can trigger Another off camera F42... but not the F58 leh? If I get a F58 on my A700.. i can trigger few more offcamera F42s right? How bout if i wan switch around... F42 on my A700 to trigger offcamera F58? i guess i better try all these b4 buying hahaa...

ouch~! aiseh~ then F42 on the a200 can trigger off camera F42? So the prob lies on the F58?

clivengu: No, an A100 with F42 mounted cannot trigger an off-camera F42 in TTL (unless there is an optical slave trigger attached to the bottom of the off-camera F42) but then it would not be working in TTL anymore.

To prove your point, I would suggest having a picture where the A100 + F42 is looking at a mirror. The off-camera F42 then exposes its flash foot to the camera to show no optical slave triggers. The picture would show the A100 + F42 and the off-camera F42, with their wide-angle panels pulled out, to show that it does light up.

Understandably there are times you think it triggered but it actually did not as the flashes can be confusing.

Let me go through this again:

Minolta 7 (film) - can use the F56 to trigger off-camera flashes (this is why there is that option but the protocol was not supported with digital bodies)
KM5D/KM7D/A100-A550 - can only use the pop-up flash to trigger the F36, F56, F42 and F58 off camera
A700 - can use the pop-up flash or F58 on camera, to trigger the F42 and F58 off camera
A850/A900 - can use the F20 or F58 on camera, to trigger the F36, F56, F42 and F58 off camera

This post has been edited by albnok: Jan 28 2010, 02:44 PM

nope, only using the built in flash on your A200 can trigger off camera flashes (F36/F56/F42/F58)

but hey, do get the F58, then you can do wireless with multiple flashes!!

This post has been edited by craziqbal: Jan 28 2010, 02:45 PM