Compact Yet Powerful

Master the light in your photography with the HVL-F45RM. This compact wireless flash packs a powerful guide number 45*1 and recycles in as little as about 2.5 sec. 3, supplies reliable stamina for as many as approx. 210 bursts1, and even delivers sufficient illumination for bounce lighting or high-speed-sync (HSS) flash. Whether you’re professional or enthusiast, it’s the versatile small flash for sophisticated output. It’s ideally suited for use with Sony’s mirrorless cameras.

Quick Navi And Customizable To Change Settings Fast

Speed up lighting setup and operation with Quick Navi and key customization function. One press of the function (Fn) button calls up the Quick Navi screen, letting you directly change shooting settings with ease. In addition, you can easily assign frequently used features to custom keys and the control wheel, enabling assignment of various settings including lighting compensation level and power level. The HVL-F45RM also provides a memory setting function (MR1/MR2) to register frequently used modes and combinations of adjustable values for easy recall.

Bounce Head For Flexible Lighting

Rotate the flash bounce head up to 360° horizontally 180° in both left and right directions and tilt it 150° upward and 8° downward. You can freely position illumination to match changing shooting needs depending on shooting situations.

Multi-Flash Photography Via Radio Wireless Communication

Radio wireless communication is available in addition to conventional optical communication. Since this flash unit can be used as both commander (to send signals) and receiver (to accept signals), it supports a wide range of shooting conditions. As a commander, this flash can be paired with other HVL-F45RM units or combined with optional wireless radio commander (FA-WRC1M) and receiver (FA-WRR1) for use with other compatible flashes and studio lights. It can connect with up to 15 compatible off-camera flash units or receivers in up to 5 groups2. You can also take advantage of wireless firing and varied output flash level control for flashes up to 98ft. away.

High Visibility Dot-Matrix LCD And Tab-Structure Menu

Usability has been maximized with a new large, bright LCD display. Enjoy intuitive operation with an easy-to-read dot-matrix LCD designed for enhanced visibility. It uses the same tab-menu structure as the camera to support quick setting changes in shooting situations.

Downsized With Dust And Moisture Resistant Design4

Equip yourself for varied shooting conditions with this compact lightweight clip-on flash. Dramatically reduced in size and weight from the HVL-F43M, the new HVL-F45RM is ideally suited to the 7 series. Reliability built with a dust- and moisture-resistant design4 for confident outdoor shooting. It’s a smaller, easier-to-carry flash for convenient use in field, studio, and wherever you need adaptable lighting support.

High-Speed(HSS) Sync With Wireless Flash Support

While conventional sync shooting requires the shutter speed to be the same or slower than synched flash speed, this narrows the aperture, making it difficult to capture background bokeh effects. However high-speed sync (HSS) flash can be used at any shutter speed — even up to the highest shutter speed provided by the camera. This allows aperture increases as needed to create a narrow depth of field, keeping the subject in perfect focus against a blurred background for beautiful portrait shots. Wireless high-speed sync is also possible with compatible cameras.

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Footnotes

1. At 105 mm and ISO 100 in meters.

2. Up to 5 groups in GROUP mode setting, and up to 3 groups in TTL or Manual mode settings.

3. According to Sony’s internal measurement conditions.

4. Structure is designed for dust and moisture resistance but does not prevent all dust or moisture ingress.

5. Wireless radio communications supports only compatible cameras. For compatible cameras, refer to support page of our web site.