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Product Reviews:
You'll Love This Flash, July 3, 2004
Reviewer: MERTMAG "mertmag"
What an excellent addition to the DSC-F828! For a flash with all these
features it is a bargain. The focus assist lamp works great even in low
light. The bounce ability gives your indoor shots the look of soft natural
light. The 40ft plus distance is great. The modeling function is an added
plus. What more could you ask for in an external flash. Why only 4 stars
for such a fantastic flash? The thing sucks up batteries like there's no
tomorrow. Get some rechargeable AA Ni-MH batteries, a charger and your
set.
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Powerful smart flash, no more "Red-Eye", January 25, 2006
Reviewer: James Hatsis "AHR"
I bought it for my sony dsc-f828 and now use it with my DSC-R1. I love
this flash. If you have a sony DSC-F828 or DSC-R1 then this flash will
work with your cameras through the lens metering system. The flash will
also assist with low light autofocus by using the built in LED's beneath
the main flash head.
The flash mounts on hot shoe on the right side of the camera body
providing a nice balance feel to the camera and more importantly; by the
flash being offset from the center of the lens it eliminates that dreaded
red eye you can get while using the built in flash.
There is also an optional diffuser that pops down over the flash for wide
angle shots. This lifts up and stores in a special slot above the flash
head where it can't get lost but it's always there when you need it. The
flash can be used in full "Auto" mode or you can manually adjust the
settings. the features in this flash are usually found in units coasing
many $$$ more, and this Flash communicates with your camera to get that
perfect shot every time.
My only complaint with this flash is it does not use rechargeable
batteries. I wish Sony had designed it to use the same battery as the
camera (like they do with some models of video camera lights) This would
be a great idea.
This flash operates on four AA batteries. I have tried all brands I could
find and my best results (ie: quickest recycle times) were with Energizer
e2 series batteries. This is not meant to plug the batteries, just to save
you time trying them all out yourself.
Here's more from the Sony site:
Get outstanding flash coverage of up to 32 feet with this Deluxe Sony High
Grade Flash. Offers innovative built-in model light mode, manual lighting
control for increased creativity and a bounce and tilt head with built-in
diffuser for easy use. Advanced automatic TTL Pre-Flash exposure control
is offered through the dedicated hot shoe connector.
* Equipped with advanced ACC shoe allowing communication with camera
without cable
* Included cable allows compatibility with ACC terminal
* Equipped with backlight LCD for improved operation
* Power: 4 AA sized alkaline batteries
* 6 level manual flash selection
* Pre-flash adjustment: detects appropriate exposure before firing flash
* Allows detection when conversion lens attached
* AF assist lamp allows AF photography even when subject is too dark
* Test flash: sets the focal length of light adjustment sensor by DSC
data, then fires the test flash
* Red-eye reduction, bounce flash function, equipped with wide panel,
modeling flash
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Buy it - You'll like it, April 21, 2006
Reviewer: Frank Pronk
If you want better indoor exposures from your compatible Sony camera this
is definitely the flash to get. With this flash you will automatically
eliminate red-eye, have the ability to exceed 10 feet of distance between
you and your subject (which is about the maximum effective distance of
most Sony built-in flashes), and one feature I especially like with this
flash is being able to bounce the flash off the ceiling for a more natural
look, avoiding the "washed out" look that happens with many flash
exposures. As others have noted, this flash consumes a lot of batteries.
Buy yourself some good NiMH rechargeables to go with this flash and enjoy
better indoor pictures immediately.
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Batteries issue, April 17, 2006
Reviewer: C. Brown
I love this flash! For those of you with battery issues, try energizer e2
lithium. I just when through a set of "high end" duracels in 3 days of
shooting. My last e2 Lithium batteries lasted 6 months! The flash requires
more of a kick to talk to the camera then regular batteries can give.
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Sony HVLF32X External Auto-Programmable Flash for MVCCD500D, DSCV1/V3/R1
Cameras
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