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Offline Tyler Hawke

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Changing Channel on 3600HS flash
« on: February 19, 2010, 09:24:54 PM »
I recently purchased the HVL-F58Am flash to be my main flash.  I have been using the Minolta 3600HS on my A700.  I went to use the 3600 as my off camera per the instructions.  Well of course it didn't work because I realized that my WL channel was set to Channel 2.  How do I switch it over to Channel one or should I just swtich the 58 over to Channel 2 - which I think I'll try now that it popped into my brain.

Anyway - any help on this matter would be great.

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Re: Changing Channel on 3600HS flash
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2010, 09:36:23 PM »
Interesting..., The 3600 works fine when I use the pop up flash but now when the 58 is on the camera.  And changing the channel on the 58 didn't rectify the issue either. 
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Re: Changing Channel on 3600HS flash
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2010, 09:55:47 PM »
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Re: Changing Channel on 3600HS flash
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2010, 10:59:34 PM »
Thanks for the reference to the manual and I was able to change the channels - great.  Still can't get my 3600 to work as the off camera flash.  It will work as off camera with the pop-up but still not with the F58.  I'm sure its me and I'm missing something - that or the 3600 doesn't work with the 58?  Is that possible.  I would think the technology would have been made so they could be compatible?
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Re: Changing Channel on 3600HS flash
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2010, 03:19:50 AM »
You have to switch the F58AM to CTRL2 mode in order to trigger F56AM or F36AM (or Minolta equivalent).

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=HVLF58AM

Start from p.74
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Re: Changing Channel on 3600HS flash
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2010, 04:00:56 AM »
Thanks for that link ot the manual.  I've been using my manual as well and I switched over to Ctrl 2 but that didn't work.  But hey the 3600 runs true with the popup - so there is a disconnect between the 58 and the 3600.  Obviously I have a setting wrong on the 58 because it's not working.  The steps seem simple enough in the process but I know I'm off a step or two in the setup somewhere that I have either missed or is one of those unstated steps that I haven't figured out.
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Re: Changing Channel on 3600HS flash
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2010, 07:20:53 PM »
I'm getting info that it won't work (the 3600) with the 58 on the A700 that only the 900 supports older flashes.  You'd think they'd do a firmware upgrade for that but I'm sure it would cost them more than it is worth.
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