Best Sony flashguns in 2024: dedicated flashguns for Sony cameras

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The quick list ↴
1. Best overall: Sony HVL-F46RM
2. Best budget: Sony HVL-F20M
3. Best for small cameras: Sony HVL-F28RM
4. Best for travel: Sony HVL-F32M
5. Best third-party: Nissin i60A
6. Best pro: Sony HVL-F60RM2
How to choose
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If you're looking for the best Sony flashgun, we've got them all right in this guide. We've assembled a list including the latest and greatest Sony flash units for professionals, as well as small and portable flash units designed for beginners, light travellers and those on a budget. Whatever your needs, there should be a great Sony flashgun here for you.

Matthew Richards
Matthew Richards

Matthew Richards is a photographer and journalist who has spent years using and reviewing all manner of photo gear. He is DCW's foremost flashgun tester, and brings his expertise to recommending you the best Sony-made flash units.

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Matthew Richards

Matthew Richards is a photographer and journalist who has spent years using and reviewing all manner of photo gear. He is Digital Camera World's principal lens reviewer – and has tested more primes and zooms than most people have had hot dinners! 

His expertise with equipment doesn’t end there, though. He is also an encyclopedia  when it comes to all manner of cameras, camera holsters and bags, flashguns, tripods and heads, printers, papers and inks, and just about anything imaging-related. 

In an earlier life he was a broadcast engineer at the BBC, as well as a former editor of PC Guide.