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ml Some rechargeables, if you happen to hit a certain discharge rate they can seemingly go dead for a second, it shows up as a dead drop in voltage on a graphing meter (thats how I found it actually. no an analog meters how I found it, the graphing meter recorded it). I discovered this with NiCd' s ...

Errm, MAPS spells MAPS and means something. Sorry. I've been working for various employers the past 4 decades where they do their best to choose TLA's and acronyms of various lengths that can be pronounced. Examples would be "BART" ([San Francisco] Bay Area Rapid Transit), "SALT"...

To disable the pop-up flash just use normal P, A, S or M modes. ... you should shoot with PASM unless you positively need something like Night Portrait (one of the best modes ever designed). I discovered the problem because I allow my spouse to use my cameras and she needs it on AUTO (sometimes she...

I wonder. what kind of batteries are you using in the flash? are they rechargables by chance? I wonder if you tried it with plain disposables? They are rechargables. Why would that make a difference in this situation? I do realize that each rechargable cell (4 of them in the flash) is usually ~1.2v...

Thanks for sharing. My A350+36AM problem might be "personal" as yesterday the friend (he has an Alpha 100) I was loaning my 350 system and Minolta lens collection to for the past 4 weeks returned it all to me and reported that the pop-up flash misbehaved for him also. His conclusion was on...

When I got into photography in 1970, the Minolta brochures would boast that only two camera companies made their own glass for their lenses but I never knew who was the other one. My guess at the time was it was either Pentax (Ashi Optical Co.) or Leica.

Anybody know the answer?

TIA.

David,

Thanks. I didn't know that Minolta had introduced what Sony calls "distance encoder" in the "D" series lens almost 10 years ago.

Also, I always wondered if the different emulsions would reflect the same amount of light.

I wrote: The problem is there is no way I've found to be sure that the AUTOMATIC built-in pop-up flash is going to NOT fire also. David wrote: Maybe this is because I have auto pop-up disabled anyway? So David, how have you disabled your auto pop-up? When I turn the dial to Flash Off mode, it disabl...

I've had my 350 now for 2 months and love it. The only issue I have with it is what I believe is correctable with SW. I purchased a Sony HVL-F36AM digital camera flash and it works great, usually. The problem is there is no way I've found to be sure that the AUTOMATIC built-in pop-up flash is going ...

My "educated guess" regarding why the film flashes and the Sony DSLR's might not play well together is the evolution of electronic flashes has come full circle. Originally, there was no automation and the photographer, if a correct exposure was desired without depending upon the latitude o...