Where to purchase discontinued flash

Brandy

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Jun 20, 2006, 5:05:19 PM6/20/06

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I've been trying to find some place that sells the 3600HS flash and can't
find it anywhere since it's been discontinued, but surely there's a
reputable store somewhere out there that still has some in stock. Can
anyone point me in the right direction? TIA :-)

Brandy
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nicogo

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Jun 21, 2006, 7:42:52 PM6/21/06

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Hello Brandy,
you can find it on EBAY.
Another good deal is the Sigma ef 500 dg super.
sorry for my bad english(I'm french)

M.

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Jun 22, 2006, 8:00:18 AM6/22/06

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There is a chance that it will be available again soon - Sony lists two
flashes (HVL-F36 AM and HVL-F36 AM) for the Alpha 100 (which is
basically an upgraded Dynax 5D) that look suspiciously like the Minolta
flashes.

The same happened to almost every minolta lens, 95% of the existing
models will be identically re-manufactured simply with a Sony logo.

Brandy

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Jun 22, 2006, 2:11:07 PM6/22/06

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Thanks so much M and Nicogo. That's good news to hear (about the flashes
being remanufactured with Sony logo). I've never been picky about the name
on the outside, just the function! I've been a fan of KM for years, and it
was just my luck to purchase a digital KM right before they went out of
business, so I have really been stressing about finding a flash for my
camera!

Brandy
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M.

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Jun 22, 2006, 6:46:58 PM6/22/06

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Brandy wrote:

> Thanks so much M and Nicogo. That's good news to hear (about the flashes
> being remanufactured with Sony logo). I've never been picky about the name
> on the outside, just the function! I've been a fan of KM for years, and it
> was just my luck to purchase a digital KM right before they went out of
> business, so I have really been stressing about finding a flash for my
> camera!

You still need to have a look if the "new" flashes will work with the
existing Minolta cameras, but I doubt that Sony will make changes there -
they sure will try to sell as much as possible and that means to please the
existing customer base.

PS: Of course I did a typo... the flashes are HVL-F36 AM and HVL-F56 AM. The
brief technical description is identical to the 3600HS and 5600HS and the
preview shots look the same as well, except for the Sony logo.

Brandy

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Jun 22, 2006, 11:31:53 PM6/22/06

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Thanks M. I'm going to try to get in touch with someone at Sony or someone
who has used the HVLs with a KM to double check on compatibility. I did
look into HVLs after reading your post and see that they are using the exact
same shoe, so I'm hoping everything transfers/works accordingly, but one can
never tell, so I'll keep asking around before actually purchasing one.
Thanks so much for your help. :-)

Brandy
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Brandy

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Jun 24, 2006, 1:26:43 AM6/24/06

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Just a quick update in case anyone else is looking for any discontinued KM
equipment: After all that stressing and searching, I found & purchased a
used 3600HS from B&H Photo (I've shopped with them in the past with good
results). I didn't realize they sold used equipment (MUCH less expensive
than what I've seen on eBay ~ $99 at B&H as opposed to approximately
$250-300 on eBay).

Brandy
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Mark J Kopczewski

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Jun 16, 2015, 4:05:40 PM6/16/15

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Ahoy!

Plenty on evilBay, but why the 3600HS? There are much better alternatives whether from Minolta, Sony, Sigma, Jessops, Tumax and Metz.

Pirate!