•The flash does not strobe when shooting in Burst 3, Exposure Bracket, Twilight, MPEG Movie or Multi Burst mode.

•You cannot have an external flash and the built- in flash strobe at the same time.

•Note that when shooting with two or more external flashes, the camera functions may not operate normally, or the camera may malfunction.

•You can carry out this operation even when the

mode dial is set to (Clip Motion).

•If the white balance cannot be adjusted when shooting with an external flash, set the flash

mode to (Forced flash) or SL (Slow synchro), and set the one-push white balance

mode (page 55).

Using the Sony flash (not supplied)

You can mount the Sony HVL-F32X or HVL-F1000 flash on the advanced accessory shoe of your camera. The HVL- F32X is also equipped with automatic flash level adjustment and AF fill light shooting functions.

aMount the external flash on the advanced accessory shoe.

bPlug the flash into the ACC jack.

When using the HVL-F32X, you do not need to perform step 2.

cTurn on the external flash.

dSet the mode dial to , P, S, A, M or SCN.

eShoot the image.

•When using a Sony optional external flash, check that [Hot Shoe] is set to [Off] in the SET UP settings (page 116).

Using a commercially available external flash

You can mount a commercially available external flash that supports advanced accessory shoe.

aMount the external flash to the advanced accessory shoe.

bSet the mode dial to SET UP.

cSelect (Camera 2) with v/V,

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[Hot Shoe] with B/v/V, [On] with B/v, then press z.

dTurn on the external flash.

eSet the mode dial to M or A.

The flash also strobes when the mode

dial is set to , P, S, SCN or (Clip Motion), but we recommend recording with the mode dial set to M or A.

fShoot the image.

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