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Sony A77 product images .. ? - Klaus - 07-15-2011 [url="http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/the-a77-thread-contd_topic77046_page10.html"]http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/the-a77-thread-contd_topic77046_page10.html[/url] Sony A77 product images .. ? - Guest - 07-20-2011 What??? No flash in a semi-pro model? They are killing one of the best selling points the Minolta system ever had <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />. Sony A77 product images .. ? - mst - 07-20-2011 Do they? How many semi-Pro's do really care about built-in flash? -- Markus Sony A77 product images .. ? - Klaus - 07-20-2011 [quote name='olegk' timestamp='1311180822' post='10162'] What??? No flash in a semi-pro model? They are killing one of the best selling points the Minolta system ever had <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />. [/quote] Well, I don't need a build-in flash unit. Even the primitive F20AM is far better than any build-in one at just 90g. Sony A77 product images .. ? - popo - 07-20-2011 [quote name='mst' timestamp='1311182753' post='10163'] Do they? How many semi-Pro's do really care about built-in flash? -- Markus [/quote] I think that isn't the right question exactly. It probably should be "how many people likely to buy an A77 class camera care about built-in flash?" Personally I rarely carry an external flash unless I know I will need it. Pop-up flash can come in handy at times. Also, I think the complaint wasn't necessarily about using the body flash as a flash, but maybe as a flash controller. It can be nice not to have another gadget around to control external flashes. Sony A77 product images .. ? - Guest - 07-20-2011 Yes, I mean built-in flash as a controller. The usual Minolta flash control system is too convenient to loose. You just switch all the units on, register them properly, and everything works together. Chineese RF triggers or IR-based systems take the hell out of you before you get to this point. So, omitting the built-in flash is a very bad idea. Sony A77 product images .. ? - mst - 07-20-2011 Sorry, I wasn't aware that the Sony flash can act as controller. That's of course a different story. -- Markus Sony A77 product images .. ? - Brightcolours - 07-20-2011 That sounds like a studio setup. Only if Sony actually thought about (rethought) things, the A77 will be usable in such a studio setup... the A55v with its forced live view which simulates the exposure settings (time and aperture) gives studio photographers headaches! At least, that is what I have been reading on forums. Sony A77 product images .. ? - boren - 07-20-2011 [quote name='mst' timestamp='1311186470' post='10167'] Sorry, I wasn't aware that the Sony flash can act as controller. That's of course a different story.[/quote] Almost all A-mount SLRs released in the last 20 years support wirelss TTL flash control using the built in flash. Minolta did it years before anyone else. Edit: According to other [url="http://cdn.mos.photoradar.com/files/imagecache/con_full_user_photo/articles/news/june2011/Sony%20A77%20Sony%20A65%20release.jpg"]leaked pictures[/url] (with view of the pentaprism), the A77 does have a built-in flash. Sony A77 product images .. ? - Brightcolours - 07-20-2011 [quote name='boren' timestamp='1311194058' post='10170'] Almost all A-mount SLRs released in the last 20 years support wirelss TTL flash control using the built in flash. Minolta did it years before anyone else. Edit: According to other leaked pictures (with view of the pentaprism), the A77 does have a built-in flash. [/quote] According to the leaked pictures, the A77 has no pentaprism. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> |