Hi Sony,
I've been struggling to get an answer out of Sony UK Support about this so I hope I can get some help here.
My A99 shipped with the ADP-MAA adapter to allow me to mount my old flashes on the A99 new style hotshoe.
The flash locks onto the adapter but the adapter only fixes onto the camera with a friction wheel. There are no locking pins to hold the flash/adapter onto the camera.
Even when I tighten the friction wheel as far as I dare (it's only plastic) I can still quite easily pull the flash/adapter off the camera. Indeed, it has already fallen off by itself. Luckily the flash landed on a soft surface and was not damaged.
Is sony going to invent a new adapter with a locking lever? The F60 fits the new shoe and has a locking lever. Even the TGA-1(thumbrest for the RX1) has a locking lever.
Please say yes! I'm not the only person affected by this - there is a lively thread on www.dyxum.com. One owner even reports his F58 flash fell off and ended up dropping into a river.
