Its about flash guns and hot shoes?
I have got a Sony Alpha A500 i'm looking to buy a flash gun but i can't find one that is cheap enough for me… So i was looking at amazon and found a hot shoe that will fit on to my camera and that it is compatible with Canon, Nikon etc but not a sony… So i'm thinking if i get this hot shoe and this flash gun will it be compatible or is it just my wishful thinking?
the list is below.
Flash Hot Shoe Adapter for Sony Alpha A900 A850 A750 A700 A550 A500 A380 A350 A330 A300 as FS-1100
YN-560 II LCD Screen Strobist Flash Speedlite for NIKON CANON OLYMPUS PENTAX By Sanlise
From the description of the shoe adapter, it would seem to cover it, at least for firing the flash.
Not sure if any automatic signalling would be compatible though, so it may only be a "dumb" flash, without such tricks as signalling flash ready etc.
You have to be 110% certain it will work. Use the wrong flash unit and you can damage the flash unit or your camera, or both.
In the camera world, cheap usually = junk. You have to be careful. Sometimes it's best and wait until you can save up the money.
I'm sorry I can't answer your question. But would say be very careful as an incompatible flash gun could cause damage to the camera.
Have you tried contacting Sony to ask which guns they recommend? I'm sure they will have a technical desk somewhere who can help.
I can absolutely assure you the the YN 560ii flash will not damage your camera - it's a modern electronic flash designed for digital cameras.
the only danger referred to by the others is putting an old flash (designed for FILM cameras) onto a digital cameras hotshoe - the higher trigger voltage of those old flashes would likely fry your camera.
The reason you need a hotshoe adapter is because Sony, out of all the camera manufacturers, make a non-standard sized hotshoe.
The YN560ii is a fully manual flash (no TTL or Auto flash metering) - but it's pretty easy to use - you just set the power output manually, anything from full to 1/128 power. You may need to use the camera in manual mode too, otherwise it may not recognise the flash fitted.
I have YN560's (the older version of the flash you are after) - this is a swim shoot I did with them;
Most camera systems use the ISO518 shoe. However almost all modern manufacturers have supplemented the standard single pin arrangement with a number of additional pins to allow for TTL flash metering, the problem is each manufacturer uses a different pin design.
By all means you can use the FS-1100 adapter, however because Sony use additional pins just as the other manufactuers do, you will only get manual flash control, because a TTL flash unit won't talk to the camera.