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This adapter will allow you to use standard flash on your D7xx, A1, Z1. It is simple, it just short the rear 2 pins on your hot-shoe on DC to triger the flash. It also has a pc sync port. something like the pct-100 from minolta but this adapter does not have a circuit isolation between the flash and DC. so make sure your flash is up to standard, ie low voltage, eg 5v. The adapter is well made and is cheap, US$15 not including shipment. Only limited quantity available. For those who order this adapter, they can also get a DIY remote shutter release very cheap as well. the remote will be very compact.









 
great! where do I get one?
nick fan said:
This adapter will allow you to use standard flash on your D7xx, A1,
Z1. It is simple, it just short the rear 2 pins on your hot-shoe on
DC to triger the flash. It also has a pc sync port. something like
the pct-100 from minolta but this adapter does not have a circuit
isolation between the flash and DC. so make sure your flash is up
to standard, ie low voltage, eg 5v. The adapter is well made and is
cheap, US$15 not including shipment. Only limited quantity
available. For those who order this adapter, they can also get a
DIY remote shutter release very cheap as well. the remote will be
very compact.









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item will be shipped by air-mail. cost US$1 worldwide. so total cost is $16 for the adapter.
 
D7xx, A1,Z1 cant use it,plz dont tell a lie.it only cost hk dollars $150
nick fan said:
This adapter will allow you to use standard flash on your D7xx, A1,
Z1. It is simple, it just short the rear 2 pins on your hot-shoe on
DC to triger the flash. It also has a pc sync port. something like
the pct-100 from minolta but this adapter does not have a circuit
isolation between the flash and DC. so make sure your flash is up
to standard, ie low voltage, eg 5v. The adapter is well made and is
cheap, US$15 not including shipment. Only limited quantity
available. For those who order this adapter, they can also get a
DIY remote shutter release very cheap as well. the remote will be
very compact.









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I have a D7ug and a D7Hi. it works for them. you are in hong kong, you can come out and I test it for you. if you knows nothing, keep your mouth shut. The flash is triggered when the rear 2 pins on the 3600, 5600 flashes (actually all Dynax flashes) are short, that is it. You said the price is HK$150, what is wrong? US$16 including postage = HK$125, so what is wrong?!

I have a ring flash with pc sync only, with the adapter, I can use it on my D7ug now.

If you can get the adapter at cheaper source, that is fine and you can also try to sell to others.

Please respect people!
Be educated!
 
it should enable manual flash lamlam,cant see why not, as nick says, its just a case of shorting the two pins to fire the flash. Got to be a better deal than the minolta product, which costs £44.OO here in the UK..and the guy isnt making a fortune , more supplying fellow enthusiasts I think. just my view...
lamlam said:
nick fan said:
This adapter will allow you to use standard flash on your D7xx, A1,
Z1. It is simple, it just short the rear 2 pins on your hot-shoe on
DC to triger the flash. It also has a pc sync port. something like
the pct-100 from minolta but this adapter does not have a circuit
isolation between the flash and DC. so make sure your flash is up
to standard, ie low voltage, eg 5v. The adapter is well made and is
cheap, US$15 not including shipment. Only limited quantity
available. For those who order this adapter, they can also get a
DIY remote shutter release very cheap as well. the remote will be
very compact.









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I don't have a standard flash with me. I can get one tomorrow and test it for you. here is how my ring flash works on my D7ug.

 
Do you have or know of an adapter that goes the other way?

I.e. Allows use of Minolta 3500XI on non-Minolta Camera with a hot-shoe?

Also you say "just short the rear 2 pins on your hot-shoe on DC to triger the flash" do you mean short them together? Or connect to some DC source?

Thanks in advance,
Gene
nick fan said:
This adapter will allow you to use standard flash on your D7xx, A1,
Z1. It is simple, it just short the rear 2 pins on your hot-shoe on
DC to triger the flash. It also has a pc sync port. something like
the pct-100 from minolta but this adapter does not have a circuit
isolation between the flash and DC. so make sure your flash is up
to standard, ie low voltage, eg 5v. The adapter is well made and is
cheap, US$15 not including shipment. Only limited quantity
available. For those who order this adapter, they can also get a
DIY remote shutter release very cheap as well. the remote will be
very compact.









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I do not think Nick is trying to be deceptive here, but he should advise more caution by potential buyers.

Minolta offers a similar adapter, the FS100 ($29.50 US at BHPhoto) that has an ISO standard hot shoe on top and Dynax/Maxxum i/xi-type foot on bottom. However, Minolta does not recommend using the FS1100 with the Dimage digital cameras because the high trigger voltages of many “standard hot shoe” flash units can damage the digital camera electronics. Owners should be aware that there is real risk that they can ruin their cameras if they pick up the wrong cheap flash at the flea market or from EBay. (If you have the 7HI or A1 you will be better off using the PC sync terminal to attach and trigger a standard flash.)

Also Nick should make it more clear that his adapter does not magically allow so-called standard flash units to work with any of the Dimage 7x or A1 automated/program features. The camera may trigger the standard flash, but exposure control will be manual by the photographer.

You get what you pay for. In this case the risks are included at no extra cost.
 
Gene Young said:
Do you have or know of an adapter that goes the other way?

I.e. Allows use of Minolta 3500XI on non-Minolta Camera with a
hot-shoe?

Also you say "just short the rear 2 pins on your hot-shoe on DC to
triger the flash" do you mean short them together? Or connect to
some DC source?

Thanks in advance,
Gene
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The Minolta FS1200 will do it. I use mine to convert the PZ5000AF with Minolta shoe to fit on top of my non Minolta gear.

Cheers,
Jeff.
 
Thanks Jeff. Would you also know of a slave trigger that will work on the Minolta 3500XI? I know I can make the flash fire by shorting the two pins.

Gene
Jeff Tokayer said:
Gene Young said:
Do you have or know of an adapter that goes the other way?

I.e. Allows use of Minolta 3500XI on non-Minolta Camera with a
hot-shoe?

Also you say "just short the rear 2 pins on your hot-shoe on DC to
triger the flash" do you mean short them together? Or connect to
some DC source?

Thanks in advance,
Gene
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The Minolta FS1200 will do it. I use mine to convert the PZ5000AF
with Minolta shoe to fit on top of my non Minolta gear.

Cheers,
Jeff.
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Gene Young said:
Thanks Jeff. Would you also know of a slave trigger that will work
on the Minolta 3500XI? I know I can make the flash fire by
shorting the two pins.

Gene
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Wein makes a variety of slave triggers. You can do a search at B&H Photo.
Here's one sample

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=62712&is=REG

That's the reason why I bought the PZ5000AF. It has a built-in slave, that can be triggered by the D7xx internal flash, set on manual at 1/16 power.

Cheers,
Jeff.
 
iammobay said:
Minolta does not recommend
using the FS1100 with the Dimage digital cameras because the high
trigger voltages of many “standard hot shoe” flash units can damage
the digital camera electronics. Owners should be aware that there
is real risk that they can ruin their cameras if they pick up the
wrong cheap flash at the flea market or from EBay. (If you have the
7HI or A1 you will be better off using the PC sync terminal to
attach and trigger a standard flash.)
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Did I not mention that in my first thread?

"This adapter will allow you to use standard flash on your D7xx, A1, Z1. It is simple, it just short the rear 2 pins on your hot-shoe on DC to triger the flash. It also has a pc sync port. something like the pct-100 from minolta but this adapter does not have a circuit isolation between the flash and DC. so make sure your flash is up to standard, ie low voltage, eg 5v."
iammobay said:
Also Nick should make it more clear that his adapter does not
magically allow so-called standard flash units to work with any of
the Dimage 7x or A1 automated/program features. The camera may
trigger the standard flash, but exposure control will be manual by
the photographer.
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this should be a common sense. since a standard flash is not a program flash, you are not going to get functions of program flash from standard flash. Howerver, with a flash with thyristor light sensor, you can work in aperture priority mode automatically. it is good for D7/7i. I found this adapter because I bought a ring flash that use pc sync only, while it works on my D7hi, I also want to use it on my D7ug. so it works for me and I think some of you may also be interested.

Also, you can get a flash with auto light sensor and manual ouput for 1/10 cost of a minolta 5600 flash. For most people, including me, it is enough.
 
digitaldream said:
this should be a common sense. since a standard flash is not a
program flash, you are not going to get functions of program flash
from standard flash. Howerver, with a flash with thyristor light
sensor, you can work in aperture priority mode automatically. it is
good for D7/7i. I found this adapter because I bought a ring flash
that use pc sync only, while it works on my D7hi, I also want to
use it on my D7ug. so it works for me and I think some of you may
also be interested.
Also, you can get a flash with auto light sensor and manual ouput
for 1/10 cost of a minolta 5600 flash. For most people, including
me, it is enough.
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I've been preaching this since early 2002, when I bought my D7.

My 433D served me well, specially since the introduction of firmware v1.23, allowing me to have a bright viewfinder when composing with this flash.

There are many users that can barely afford the cost of a $800 - $1000 digicam. They should have other options aside from the overpriced manufacturer's flash units.

It goes without saying that if you don't know what you are doing, or not willing to risk your equipment, you should stay away from 3rd party gear.

Jeff.
 
I got a ring flash from China similar to 5000 Macro Ring Flash

http://osdn.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=739984/ut=cbda2c0d7db00f09

the flash has thyristor light sensor, it can be in auto mode or manual mode (ie,full power). I have not used it much. So tonight, I take some practice shots to demonstrate how the flash and the adapter works on D7ug.

I set the flash to auto mode. according to the mannaul I need to use f5.6 for iso 100. I set to aperture priority, but find that the exposure time exceeds 4 s (limit of D7) and I don't have a tripod with me. So I set the aperture to f5.6 and the exposure time to 1/15 to 1/30. actually, I find that the exposure time is not very important. the exposure is controlled by the flash and the flash duration should be less than 1/100s. so what you need is to set the exposure time to around 1/100 or longer depending on how much contribution from ambient light you want. I just try different exposure times.
here are some photos.











not bad, is it? the ring flash works well and costs only a small fraction of the original minolta ring flash.
 
Hi, How u made macro ring flash?
nick fan said:
I got a ring flash from China similar to 5000 Macro Ring Flash

http://osdn.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=739984/ut=cbda2c0d7db00f09
the flash has thyristor light sensor, it can be in auto mode or
manual mode (ie,full power). I have not used it much. So tonight, I
take some practice shots to demonstrate how the flash and the
adapter works on D7ug.
I set the flash to auto mode. according to the mannaul I need to
use f5.6 for iso 100. I set to aperture priority, but find that the
exposure time exceeds 4 s (limit of D7) and I don't have a tripod
with me. So I set the aperture to f5.6 and the exposure time to
1/15 to 1/30. actually, I find that the exposure time is not very
important. the exposure is controlled by the flash and the flash
duration should be less than 1/100s. so what you need is to set the
exposure time to around 1/100 or longer depending on how much
contribution from ambient light you want. I just try different
exposure times.
here are some photos.











not bad, is it? the ring flash works well and costs only a small
fraction of the original minolta ring flash.
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