Sony DSLR-A100 User's Manual / Troubleshooting page 145

With the Remote Commander clip attached to the shoulder strap, you can catch tile cord to
secure it.
HVL-F56AM/HVL-F36AIVI Flash
A po'_ erl)fl llash c:m co_er a longer dist:mce than the built-in llash can. enM_ling llash
shooting that produces beautiful im_ges.
When using the fash (not supplied), remove the accessory shoe cap and slide the flash onto
the
canlera.
Flash HVL-F56AM
Accessor
cap
HighSpeedSyn¢(HSS)Shooting
You can perl'_rm high speed sync shooting _ith _JHVL-F56AM or a HVLJF36AM.
With a flash HVL-F56AM or HVL-F36AM mounted on the camera and "HSS" appearing on
the LCD window of the flash, the limitation on tile flash sync speed: is canceled, enabling you
to perform flash shooting across every shutter speed :_vailable with this camera 130
1/4000 second). This means you have a wider option of aperture values. Even with tile flash.
you can widen tile aperture to blur the background and accentuate the subject, producing a
perfect portrait picture.
In addition, when using tile flash with tile aperture open in aperture priority mode or manual
exposure mode, you can attain a proper exposure using the high speed flash even on a scene
with a very bright background, which would normNly cause overexposure.
* This camera's flash sync speed is 1/125 second with the Super SteadyShot on and 1/160 second with tile
Super SteadyShot off. The shuuer speed will not be taster in other flash shooling than high speed sync.
• In high speed sync mode (when the shultcr speed is lbster than the flash sync speed holed above), "H"
appears in lhe viewfinder and on the LCD monitor.
• In high speed sync mode, the flash range is shorter than in normal flash shooting. Belore taking a picmre_
make sure lhe sut_iect is wilhin lhe range of distance displayed on lhe flash window.
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