Will the 3500 Flash work wireless with the Maxxum 5?

[boulderjoe]

Hello, I was wondering if the Minolta 3500 Flash will work wirelessly

with the Maxxum 5?

 

Thanks

-Joe

[johnny_lai]

Yes, the 3500(xi) will work with the Max 5 wirelessly

 

JL

[boulderjoe]

Thank you very much. The local used store has one for $40...

 

-Joe

[scott_lewis3]

The best feature of the 3500 is its wirless. you only need to put it on the 5 and set the flash to wireless, the 3500 gets a signal from the camera then goes into wireless mode. take the flash off and place it where you want. you use the popup falsh on the 5 to set the 3500 off. the 5 has no support for the "wireless flash controller" (an extra piece that is no longer made by minolta but is supported by the 7 and 9) so you must use the pop up.

[jason_buxbaum]

Hey

Yes, it will...that's the exact combination I'm using now. But be warned--the 3500xi will only sync up to 1/45. The 3600HS(D) has much faster top wireless (and wired, for that matter) sync speed. But hey, for $40...pretty good deal.

~J

[alan_greene]

Don't forget to take advantage of ratio coverage. You can have the builtin flash provide 1/3 and the wireless provide 2/3 of the light. You can even use multiple remote wireless flash without the controller. Have fun.

 

Alan

[bjmarkowitz]

Just bought the 5600HS to do just that and the ratio and the high speed synch. Probably never use it for all of that but hey, I got it used with money from my football league that I won. So, its like free. Also, going to try to sell my Phoenix ZBIF92 on ebay and try to get a few bucks for it. Other than the wireless remote and ratio, its similar to the 3500xi.

[boulderjoe]

Thanks again for all the tips.

 

Just picked up the 5, it's my first new minolta since I got the 7000 new in 87. Great little camera the 5.

 

So does anyone want a well used 7000 with 50f1.7 and 2800 flash for $75?

 

-Joe