Is it possible to use an external flash with my H5. Was in a car accident and the flash brought off. CAmera works fine but miss my flash. Thanks

Hi Lola,
The H5 doesn't have a hot shoe, so you can't attach an external flash. But I think what you can do if you are really dedicated is to use an optical slave trigger with a bracket (like this one. That bracket fits around the camera and attaches to it via the camera's tripod socket, and the bracket has a built-in slave, to which you attach the flash. Then you have to set your camera to manual mode and play with the aperture settings to get the results you need. I hope that makes sense.

Of course, the purchase of the bracket plus the flash might cost more than getting your flash fixed, and may be more of a pain too, so you should call Sony about repairs on the flash and get a quote. Good luck!

*edited to add: I just found this, which is more or less the same thing, only it seems to be bracket and flash in one. So it seems there are options available... but I'm having trouble figuring out just how this works in conjunction with the built-in flash, and I just realized that whether or not they work may depend on what's wrong with your built-in flash. I'm not terribly helpful, am I?