Need help with Sony speedlight mount for stands.

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Need help with Sony speedlight mount for stands.

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Have ordered some stands to mount my Sony speedlights on.Cant seem to find the correct type of hot shoe holder with umbrella clamp. Ordered some on Amazon but had to cancel as does not suite Sony.Could somone point me in the right direction.Thanks.
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Re: Need help with Sony speedlight mount for stands.

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If you buy a couple of these your options will increase I guess?
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/pixel-tf-3 ... ack-108337

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Re: Need help with Sony speedlight mount for stands.

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on every stand I've seen from the cheapest to the more expensive types if you just take the ISO shoe adaptor off it leaves a threaded post the Sony flash foot fits.

Sony doesn't make speedlights. it could confuse people you ask questions of if you use that trade name generically
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BTW, welcome to the forum Sapper44 :-)
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Re: Need help with Sony speedlight mount for stands.

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Thanks for the welcome and your help.I'm also trying out some ishoot wireless flash trigger.I have 2 flashes the hvl 56 and 42 flash.The 56 is working fine cant seem to get the 42 to fire,The receiver light indicator is flashing but it's not triggering the flash.I wonder if anyone here have any experience with the ishoot system.Thanks again.
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Re: Need help with Sony speedlight mount for stands.

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This arrangement works ok for most things I’ve found, the Manfrotto bracket on top of the adjustable angle light stand head is separate, and you will need another spigot to put it on if you want to use the bracket. The reflector lock screw is visible as part of the adjustable angle head. You mount the flash in WL mode onto the plastic foot thingy that comes with them. As far as the F42 not firing I don’t know what’s going on there, my A100 fires both of my flashes in WL mode, the Minolta 3600HS(D) and the Sony F56 which is the same as the Minolta 5600HS(D).
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