You just made my point, the hot shoe may fail before the the X port does, so why use it?
I once had a whole roll of flash pictures ruined from using the hot shoe, even though the X port was OK. I dont like the SPII hot shoe arrangement especially because the sync signal has to go thru a switch which could get dirty or fail. JCO > -----Original Message----- > From: wendy beard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 8:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: My First Spotmatic > > > At 07:27 PM 22/02/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > As a matter of fact, I wouldnt > >even use the hot shoe, attach your flash cord > >to the X outlet for highest reliability. > >JCO > > Why is that? > > The hot shoe on my MX stopped working before the X port (which > also stopped > eventually) > > Wendy Beard, > Ottawa, Canada > http://www.beard-redfern.com > >
