> I'm willing to cooperate, since I do have a minolta maxxum 7000, a 
> maxxum
> 4000 flash and a sony alpha. I got the adaptor so the 4000 would fit 
> the new
> hot shoe style, but the adaptor is pretty simple and lots of the 
> flash
> features are disregarded with the adaptor. I got the camera very 
> recently,
> so I'm still learning how to use the flash effectively on it.

Noted for future reference when/if I do do more on this.
It could be very simple to work out, but if it was you'd think that 
many more people would do it well. There are a number of cheap flashes 
available that fit the cameras but they don't provide the auto 
features that the Minolta flashes do.

Your setup is the sort of thing I had in mind - you will find that the 
flash will only work on "manual" - the camera will not provide 
advanced ADI or TTL metering facilities. While you can  get it to 
flash and can set aperture manually to suit it's far from ideal.


        Russell 

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