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3600 HS(D)TTL Shoe Mount Flashprice 229.95
Minolta's new 3600HS flash is especially designed to ensure highly reliable metering accuracy when used in conjunction with the ADI (Advanced Distance Integration) flash metering featured in Minolta's new lenses with distance encoders and the newly-introduced Maxxum 7 SLR camera. This flash unit provides flash coverage ranging from 24mm to 85mm focal lengths, and further extends to the 17mm focal length with a built-in (or included-3600) wide-angle adapter. This flash unit also supports versatile remote flash photography with Wireless/Remote High-speed Sync when the units are used as an off-camera flash of the new Maxxum 7. The 3600HS allows fully automatic flash sync with speeds all the way up to 1/12000 seconds. With High-speed Sync, photographers can take full advantage of a large-aperture lens with a shallow depth of field in daylight flash photography. Additional attractive features of the 3600HS(D) include an AF illuminator which links to the Minolta Maxxum 7's central three-point local focus areas, low-battery indicator, bounce flash with an indicator lamp, and Custom Functions for additional creative options. The 3600HS(D) provides a maximum guide number of 36 (in meters, ISO 100) with sufficient power to photograph subjects of 85 feet (26m) away (using the AF 85mm f/1.4 G(D) with 85mm flash coverage). The automatic power zoom covers from 24mm to 85mm focal lengths. In addition, the included Wide Angle Adapter provides extended coverage for the 17mm focal length. Despite the powerful output, the flash head is made compact for handling comfort because it adopts a new zooming method that only moves the xenon tube and the side reflector flaps.