The Minolta shoe redesign is a much better mechanical connection for the
flash. Unfortunately, it totally ignores compatibility. But maybe that
was also part of Minolta's intention... just like unique lens mounts.
Chuck Norcutt
Carlos J. Santisteban wrote:
> Hi Chuck and all,
>
> Another late reply...
>
>> Search oboy for "FS-1100". That's the Minolta to standard shoe adapter
>> now long out of production.
>
> I really don't understand why Minolta did such thing (using a non-standard
> shoe) -- even before being absorbed by Sony :-(
>
>> The real FS-1100 only provides three contacts which I
>> think were for Minolta flash units prior to autofocus. For sure no TTL
>> with film gear.
>
> I can't speak about AF-SLRs (never had one) or DSLRs (they really can't do
> proper TTL!), but that adapter seems to do TTL with Manual Focusing Minolta
> cameras, like the XD-11 and my beloved CLE:
> <http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00M/00MizV-38779984.jpg>
> <
> http://media.photobucket.com/image/minolta%20cle/Tarantola/minolta_cle_3.jpg
>
> BTW... latest Panasonic firmware updates are invalidating non-original
> accessories, like batteries, remote releases, etc :-(
>
> Cheers,
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