A6000 : can I use an external slave TTL flash? on a full M(Menual) mode? an will it work?

The Sony only has TTL, no manual mode at all so this should work fine. Just remember that Sony's implementation of TTL (on land) is not quite as nice as Canon or Nikon

Bill

In theory, TTL works, in any mode. In practice, the percentage of shots that turn out right with the strobes in TTL is rather low. I'm running twin YS-D1 on my NEX-6, and use the strobes almost exclusively in manual mode. The Sony doesn't know this and still "TTLs", but who cares. But to answer your question verbally, yeah, TTL works all the time, and it's dead simple - put the strobes into TTL mode, and forget about them.

THX ALL!

The Sony only has TTL, no manual mode at all so this should work fine. Just remember that Sony's implementation of TTL (on land) is not quite as nice as Canon or Nikon

 

Bill

 

The Flash Auto mode = Underwater >>> fiber optic >> works!?

and actually triggers different levels of an external / slave flash ? yes ?

Yes, with a suitable strobe like the YS-D1, but as I said, I find it unsatisfying.

 

it is possible to set a minimum S value? when you're on the A mode ?

I think not, at least I've never seen a function like that. If someone knows better, I'd be interested, too. I guess you could kind of trigger it by way of the ISO, but that's as complicated as doing everything manually.

-2 to 2 stops on flash compensation is not manual flash control, at least in my opinion since 2 stops is only 1/4 power. Yes you can use TTL mode on the YS03 and it will work some of the time. The reason that I would like to have manual control (I too use the strobes on manual even though the camera is doing TTL) is that after a few shots at full power the strobe recycle time on the camera gets long, presumably because of heat concerns.

I don't think any camera that can set an S value in A mode, that's why there is manual mode on the camera.

Bill

OK thx all