Minolta 5600HS on A200, will it work?

Canon 64 wrote:

Owners of Sony or Minolta type flash guns who- The flash MUST be attached to the camera and both turned on in the funcion button on the camera it should be on "Wireless mode" you will then be able to use wireless setting on the flash gun 1/1 power setting is default but can be set to 1/2 for less power the W/L symbol will show but the most important thing the Flashgun will emit a red blinking from the AF sensors this will mean that the wireless function is working and ready to fire wirelessly from the camera.

Two Minolta Flash Gun that DO work fully with Sony DSLRS with the old Minolta Hotshoe are as follows

Minota 3500 HS-D

Minolta 5600 HS-D

Unless you have The D prefix no other Minolta Flashgun will work in full TTl Mode

The above two flashguns came out basically for very late Film then Digital KonicaMinolta DSLRs , basically the flashguns above were also later marked as Sony AS long as your Sony DSLR has a a Minolta type hot shoe both Minlta HS-D will fully co-operate with your DSLR also wirelessly follow the instructions the Flash operaring manual if you dont have a manual they can be downloaded

Many people have not attached the flashgun to sync the settings of the camera to operate wieless control and thought the flash did not work in wireless mode.

Mentioning wireless in this context is confusing, as, on newer cameras, these flashes cannot act as wireless triggers. On a newer Sony you can use a newer Sony flash as a trigger to 5600HS(D) and 3600HS(D).

For something like a KM7D or Maxxum/Dynax 7, you should use the built-in flash as the trigger.

But, yes, in the hotshoe, or on the ADP-MAA adapter (for MI shoes) these flashes are fully functional with anything from late Minolta through latest Sony.