Posts: polonois | Ugly Hedgehog

Polonois ... I don't have the a65 (wanted one) so I have no way to compare sizes, but, if it's a smaller body, such as the a58, which, effectively, replaced it - it's easy to see why you might have difficulty ... whilst the lens flange is the same - the overhang is very different. The larger a77 bodies, will easily accommodate an adapter, but, I don't think my a58 (or your a65) will ... so - perhaps, it is "crowded" by the overhang, and that's why it overheats .... ?

The A65 body is somewhat smaller.
This might be a better explanation of what happens with the flashes.
I use the HVLF-58AM on the A65 with no problems, I use the other HVLF-58AM on the A77ii with the Sony supplied adapter no problems either.
When using the HVL-F60M on the A77ii the flash heats up rather quickly and the flash shuts off, not the camera. After it cools a few minutes it works again till it shuts off.
I don't use the HVL-F60M on the A65 ever. I use the HVLF-58AMs on both cameras. One with an adapter and one without never any problems. Most of the time I leave the HVL-F60M at home. It only gets used when I need to only take a few shots.

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Sep 3, 2018 17:15:56 #

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Sony ... have they given up on the SLT design, or are there new models coming?

Chris T wrote:

You didn't say either, Polonois ... but, it occurred to me, you might have bought some E lenses, as you said it heated up, on you ...

A to E - with an adapter ... you can't go the other way ....

I'm aware of that it's the HVLF-60 that heats up after a few shots

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Sep 3, 2018 17:07:38 #

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Sony ... have they given up on the SLT design, or are there new models coming?

Chris T wrote:

Polonois ... were those "E" lenses you bought to use on your Sony SLT bodies? ...

If so - did nobody tell you that won't work?

The adapters you can purchase (LA-EA3, LA-EA4) are for allowing use of a-mount lenses - on E-Mount bodies, such as the FF a7 series, and the a6000s.

Where did I say I bought E-mount? Sorry I bought A-mount Sony just after I bought the A65. It's the flashes, the HVLF-58AMs that won't fit the A77ii without an adapter and the HVLF-60 Fits the A77ii but not the A65.

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Sep 2, 2018 20:09:05 #

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Sony ... have they given up on the SLT design, or are there new models coming?

Chris T wrote:

And BOTH of those are very fine cameras, Polonois ... (show quote)

Yeah, 3 months after I bought my A65 they were discontinued. Typical of Sony.
I hope your correct about being on hold however, I don't see it.

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Sep 2, 2018 16:05:10 #

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Sony ... have they given up on the SLT design, or are there new models coming?

I have a pair of Sony bodies an SLT-A65V and an ICLA-77ii. I chose Sony over a real camera company like Nikon or Cannon because I had a Minolta 9Xi and an 8000i body, and over 40 lenses.I even purchased 6 of Sony's overpriced lenses and a pair of HLVF-58 flashes. Which won't fit the A77ii without an adapter and an overpriced HLVF-60 which overheats after a few shots and shuts off. I thought the natural choice was to switch to Sony to be able to use all the lenses I owned and I would save. Just to have Sony abandon the A-Mount in favor of an E-mount. What a joke, Sony shows their true colors again. Start mourning, the A-mount it will go the way of the Beta-max. All the Sony mirror-less guys be prepared in a few years you will have the same problem. That's what Sony does. Look at what happened to all their other products. I am soon about to switch and I can assure you it wont be Sony.

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Aug 31, 2018 11:10:36 #

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