Sony alpha 330 and flash unit aurora orion 400

[Sophiephoto]

Hi, I need help.... I have a sony alpha 330 and just got a flash unit aurora orion 400 and I can't get them to work together, the camera is set to wireless flash but when I take the picture, it's very dark even if the flash came on.
If anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong I would appreciate it.

Thank you
Sophie

[BuddhaPi]

are they synced together, on my sony i have to raise the pop-up flash, select the flash option, then wireless, and then set the flash to the proper channel....probably not much help..sorry

[Skoropada]

Originally Posted by Sophiephoto

Hi, I need help.... I have a sony alpha 330 and just got a flash unit aurora orion 400 and I can't get them to work together, the camera is set to wireless flash but when I take the picture, it's very dark even if the flash came on.
If anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong I would appreciate it.

Thank you
Sophie

For what I read about the Aurora Orion flash head, it works with a built-in light cell as a trigger, so you shouldn't have to set your on-board flash to wireless.

If the Aurora flash actually fires, then the problem is somewhere else, like the flash power, your shutter speed, the aperture setting, etc.

[viking-Martin]

Maybe it's in the reason of you are using "Pre-flash TTL" for the build in flash.
It's better to use "Manual flash" on a low power ratio. The pre-flash for the TTL otherwise starts the Aurora and than there is no flash light for your shot.

[Sophiephoto]

Thank you, we found the problem, sony wireless flash doesn't work with aurora flash system, I got a trigger with the adapter for the hot shoe and it works