Hi Ken, Ken Durling wrote:
> <snip> Reason being when handholding the flash there's no > place to put it between shots, and I don't want to leave it dangling > on the OCSC2. Annoying, isn't it? > I'm thinking of attaching such a unit to the top of the on-camera > terminal, perhaps with epoxy, but I'm a little nervous about the > strength of the joint, loading the hotshoe too much, etc. Anyone got > any thoughts on the matter? I can't be the only one who's thought > about this! Do you have any other solutions for lodging the flash > when not in use? I wouldn't consider epoxy. The top of the OSCS2 is plastic and on top of it you find a label with the name and the Canon brand on it. If you like, you can put a drop of epoxy on it and remove it when it's dry. It will most probably fall off. I had the same concerns that you have and I recently installed a shoe on top of the camera side of the OSCS2. I have a Manfrotto macro bracket that has two arms with shoes to be used with two flashes. I don't use it with the arms that much as I find it very unstable (*) so I removed one of the shoes. It was fixed with screws and it's almost as wide as the top of the OSCS2. I opened the unit and drilled holes to pass the two screws. I used longer screws than the ones I recovered from the Manfrotto arm. Under the cover (literaly :-) I installed a steel plate cutted to size and where I drilled two matching holes. I obtaned the plate from a lamp socket mount and has two anti-bending grooves (perfect for the application). Inside the OSCS2 you'll find a thin metal frame that's used to hold everything in place. It's also grounded and you should be particullary carefull with a small blach wire that you'll find in your way. It's used to ground the upper side of the metallic frame I mentioned. The metal plate I untroduced goes against this frame and by thigting everything up, the whole construction gets the needed solidity to hold a 550ex on top. When the flash is on my 'custom' shoe I'm particullary carefull. The flash is much higher and it increased the strain in the camera's hot shoe and on the 'cold' one. I hope I could explain myself a bit. Feel free to contact me if I was not clear with some (many?) points. Kind regards & nice festivities, Gerard. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
