G'day Kostas. I made a Hotshoe Grip. I found a non working COBRA flash that comes with a flash grip. I removed the flash and cut out the Cobra contacts. I then used epoxy to fix a OCA to the grip. Painted it black and it works like a charm. I mainly use the AF400FTZ or the AF330FTZ. The AF 330FTZ can be slipped off of the grip and used with the popup flash for contrast control flash on the ZX-L with a tripod. Hooroo. Regards, Trevor Grafton Australia
-----Original Message----- From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 18 October 2004 9:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, mike wilson wrote: > Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > I think I am getting there. What do you mean by "any connector"? My > > understanding is that I am looking for a part that slides into the HSG > > hotshoe and provides a hotshoe to be used just as a stand for the > > flash. Am I right? I know all about the cables and the other adapters > > necessary (incl. the difference between F and Fg). But are you sure > > that a generic hotshoe connector with connections won't destroy the > > recipe (or the circuitry)? > > Me being imprecise again.... > > You need only a "dead" (no connections) connector that will mount on the > HSG and allow you to mount the flash on it. The HSG and flash will then > be insulated from each other. The connection from the flash to the > camera will be by the 5P cable. Thus you will get all the tricks of the > digital flash, off camera. OK, so I got there in the end. I just want to point out that the dead connector is not necessary, as the HSG does not bear any signals until you stick a (4P) cable to it. So, one just sticks the flash on the HSG connector; wire the camera with the flash and that's you. The only reason you may want to use an Off-Shoe Camera Adapter F is if your flash does not have a 5P socket (e.g.. AF330FTZ). In that case, I am really worried about the stability of the flash-OCA F combi on the HSG; the OSA F just slots in the HSG. For anyone interested, the OCA F is dead at the bottom and thus cannot be used for chaining. If you want to chain, the Hot-Shoe adapter F is the only one (as the Fg only gives a socket connector at the top). None of the adapters secures on the hot-shoe of the camera or the HSG, which is/could be a problem. It's a shame there is no 5P bracket, but then again who uses them nowadays anyway? Kostas
