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Product Reviews:
Worked Great!...Until It Didn't, May 15, 2006
Reviewer: N. Harrison
Purchased this Sony Slave Flash as an accessory to my Sony digital camera.
Right before the warranty expired it quit working. Assuming it needed a
new battery, I replaced it, only to have it quit again after a few light
ups. By the time I realized the Slave Flash (and not the batteries) was at
fault, the warranty had expired. I contacted Sony, explained that I had
given their Slave Flash the benefit of the doubt by replacing batteries
instead of contacting them, but they wouldn't help me a bit - no
replacement and no repairs. In fact, they said it couldn't be repaired at
all. I was advised to purchase a replacement Slave Flash. No thanks.
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Better as a hockey puck...great flash (if you're prepared for the
footnotes), April 26, 2006
Reviewer: Matthew Torch "Mateo Feo"
So, I'd read a few reviews and finally caved in and bought the flash. My
Sony Cybershot DSC-P73 was on the list of compatible cameras and the price
seemed reasonable.
But what I got for my money was disappointing. Okay...virtually useless.
Tucked away in the notes for the Flash (and nowhere on eBay or the Sony
site that I could see) is a "note" that, hey, this won't work outdoors and
it won't work indoors either unless you're pointing it at a shiny surface.
Now I ask you: who wants to be pointing their uber-flash at a "shiny"
surface while taking a picture?! Think you'll be seeing great results?
Not likely. Not from this "flash" anyway. If you can even get it to fire.
Preliminary tests have proven the "note" to be true. It don't work. I did
however get it to fire when I took the flash off and physically pointed
the camera at the flash when taking the picture...so nice.
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Excelente Producto, October 11, 2005
Reviewer: Nestor Jose Arria Alvarado "Helix"
Tengo una Cybershot DSC-P200 y este Flash esclavo ha sido muy util en
situaciones donde el flash normal de la camara no es suficiente, lo mejor
es que puedes graduar la intensidad de luz del flash, se debe practicar un
poco para saber en que nivel debe colocarse so pena de sobreexponer la
foto.
No le di las 5 estrellas simplemente porque la bateria que trae es muy
dificil conseguirla recargable.
Notese que es un flash que dispara por un fotosensor, si disparas a un
sitio que no refleje la luz del flash primario de tu camara, entonces no
actuara.
Yo recomiendo este producto, me ayuda bastante en mis fotos de fiestas y
reuniones.
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Works for any camera with a built-in flash, December 14, 2004
Reviewer: DarthRad
I got this flash for my Sony DSCW1 camera because the one criticism of
this camera was that the built-in flash was weak and had a limited range
of about 10-12 feet.
This external flash certainly does work to augment the flash capabilites
of the DSCW1. In my tests, it appears to be effective outdoors at night at
distances of up to about 50-60 feet.
The HVLFSL1B is NOT controlled directly by the camera - there are no
electrical connections whatsoever. Instead, there is a light sensor on the
HVLFSL1B which senses the light of the DSCW1's built in flash and this
triggers the HVLFSL1B.
And so, in fact, this External Slave Flash will work for practically any
camera, whether they have a hotshoe or not, as long as they have a
built-in flash (the DSCW1 does not have a hotshoe - the mounting bracket
of the HVLFSL1B is attached to the tripod screwhole of the DSCW1).
Furthermore, one does not even have to mount the HVLFSL1B to a camera, or
even have it pointing in the same direction as the camera. It is possible
to use the HVLFSL1B as a bounce flash, pointing it at a side wall or the
ceiling. As long as the flash of your camera reflects off whatever the
HVLFSL1B is pointed at, it will fire.
So this is great! At last, a bounce flash that will work for practically
any point and shoot camera that has a built in flash!
The only downside of the HVLFSL1B is that instead of regular AA batteries,
it uses these non-rechargable lithium CR123 batteries (the same battery
used in many point and shoot 35mm film cameras). ARGH! Anyway, that's why
I took off one star.
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