My konica minolta does not give flash properly.

http://ca.konicaminolta.com/support/manuals/digital_cameras/dimage-e/dimage_e500/E500_OM_E_.pdf

Good Afternoon,
Because Konica Minolta no longer exists in the photographic industry, many of their support channels have been filtered over to Sony Corporation, who was the purchasing agent of their photography division.
Below is a link to where you can download an English manual for your DiMage A2:
http://ca.konicaminolta.com/support/manuals/digital_cameras/dimage-a/index.html
And the one you want can be followed to this link:
http://ca.konicaminolta.com/support/manuals/digital_cameras/dimage-a/dimage_a2/D_A2_E.pdf
or you can simply click on it from the first URL provided.
Hope this helps!
Lompanow

Use a card reader instead of your camera.

Having researched the internet - I've found a Minolta branded flashgun suitable for your camera. It has the bounce flash you ask for, however it's not cheap.

Here's the link:

http://www.crazycameras.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=9097&aff_code=gg

Spare yourself the trouble. I had researched it (I thought) and got one, and stuck it in. The screen read: "Unable to use," It continued to read this, even after I formatted the card, so I ended up giving it to my brother, who has a Kodak camera. Sorry!

go to www.memorysuppliers.com order the below item

1 SDCFB-1024-A10 - SanDisk 1GB / 1024MB Compact Flash card

The flash does not automatically pop up on this camera. Try lifting the flash up.

you cannot add external flash as far as i know!

Try these links: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~choc/minolta/mirror/ca.konicaminolta.com/support/americas/software/dimage-series/dimage-viewer/software_drivers/index.html http://kmbs.konicaminolta.us/content/support/supporthome.html

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