Product Description

The Sony HVL-F42AM flash unit gives a (alpha) DSLR photographers powerful illumination, adjustable bounce angles, wireless remote capability and intelligent features like ADI metering, auto white balance, auto zoom and high-speed sync?perfect for formal portraits, weddings and special events, still-life photography, hobby shots and more. Wide-Angle Coverage - Automatically adjusts flash for focal-length settings from 24mm to 105mm Wireless Operation - Sony alpha DSLR cameras feature an operating mode that sends wireless signals to one or more HVL-F42AM Flash Units, allowing you to operate and adjust off-camera flash lighting setups with greater ease. Conventional flash only works well at shutter speeds from 1/125 to 1/250 of a second. The Sony HVL-F42AM Flash Unit provides High-Speed Synchronization mode that enables flash sync with shutter speeds from 1/500 to 1/4000 of a second ADI (Advanced Distance Integration) metering capability Battery Type - AA Alkaline or AA Ni-MH - requires 4 Dimensions (Approximate) - (WHD) 2-15/16 x 4-13/16 x 3-15/16 (75 x 123 x 100 mm)

Product Details

• Color: Black
• Brand: Sony
• Model: HVL-F42AM
• Dimensions: 4.81" h x 2.93" w x 3.93" l, 1.37 pounds

Features

• High-power illumination (guide number: 42)
• Longer effective range of over 30 ft. (10.5m)
• Versatile bounce angles: 90° up, 90° left, 180° right
• Auto white balance (signals color temp. to camera)
• Retractable wide-angle panel (16mm angle)

Customer Reviews

This flash has really improved my indoor photos
This flash has really improved my indoor photos. I have been using the built in flash on my Sony A100, but this high powered flash gives me more control of the lighting. I like that I can adjust the flash to bounce the flash around where I want it. This is a needed tool for beginning photographers who need good quality indoor photos. Good quality for the price.

Exceeds Expectations
I've owned the F42AM flash for about 3 months now and am very pleased. I think it is the most powerful flash out there for the Sony mount for under $300. It 'zooms' the flash focus in conjunction with your camera lens zoom, has a click out wide angle dispersion filter so it works with wide angle lenses, does bounce/angle/rotate orientation, and its wireless capability is not equaled at this price. In auto mode snapshots are consistently right on. Manual or custom control settings are simple and easy. When in off-camera wireless mode using bounce mode with a diffuser it is almost like having a room full of studio lights. I know its big brother has even more power and features that the pros need, but for advanced amateurs or beginner pros this flash can't be beat.

Wireless is perfect Very powerful
This is well worth the money .This flash is a huge improvement over the HVL-F36AM it recycles really fast no wait. I can light up a 25 foot room with one of these.Try putting a gary fong or Stoffen diffuser on this it will even your light out and spread it around the room. Bare bulb only fires straight forward only filling the forward portion of the room .On some of these reviews when they say this is a weak flash are uninformed and unaware of their equipments potential.If you buy any flash and use only the bare flash it will not fill a room it will fire straight forward the way it was intended to do using only a bare bulb.Anyhow put a diffuser on it a stoofen or gary fong or a tupperware bowl . The wireless is really reliable fires from behind a wall ,behind the camera and wherever it is. In WL mode it don't have to be in line sight with the camera and it is very reliable .(Hint for newbies put the flash on the camera power on camera. Turn on flash head .Select menu on camera go to flash select wireless.Remove flash head from camera then flip camera flash up you are now in wireless mode) I use two of these and they do everthing I need them to do and then some .I use only one with a 60" soft white umbrella and get everything I need from that. I will use two on large groups of people 8 or more good bang for the buck... well worth the money I would buy again if needed but I have two of them...Highly recomended You can get a hvl-56AM or Hvl-58AM which are more powerful but the 56 is discontinued and don't support white balance mode and the 58 is very expensive but worth every penny...The TTL is very nice also ...I chose this over the Sigma after long researching since I get mixed reviews from people using sigmas saying some work great and some don't I just wanted it to do what it is supposed to do with no hassels and this is why I chose these flashes and glad I did. I also just ordered the HVL-F58AM I will have two 42's and a 58...I will update later..