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Anyone familiar with these flashes? Old Minolta 3600HS(D) and 5400 HS

Started Oct 1, 2019 | Discussions thread
neilt3
neilt3 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,008
Re: Anyone familiar with these flashes? Old Minolta 3600HS(D) and 5400 HS

kcdogger wrote:

From memory - Do not use a Minolta flash on digital unless it contains a "D" in the name as 3600 HS (D). Ones without the "D" designation may have a flash voltage too high, and it could damage a digital camera. I have a 5400 HS (D) and it works fine on digital.

Peace.

John

All Minolta flashes with the iISO foot are safe to use on both digital and film cameras .

Some of the earlier flashes with the standard type ISO foot have a too high a voltage that can cause damage .

Regards to your flash , if it works on your digital camera ( including TTL flash metering ) it must be the Minolta 5600HS/D you have .

There isn't a 5400HS/D , but the  there is a 5400HS which is one made for film cameras .

You can mount it on a digital body , but there is no TTL flash control , you would have so set the output manually and set the aperture to suit .

Otherwise it just puts out full output only , no automatic exposure .

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