Off the wall question for today: I came up with this here DIY flash bracket for use with the DA 100 f2.8 lens:
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP0839.jpg Basically, that's a Bogen hotshoe ball head mounted on end of a Pentax TTL flash cord, with the other end on the ball head. As you can see from the image, the entire weight of the flash is resting on the hotshoe. Seemed like a good idea, but after putting it together I'm wondering if it will stress the hotshoe too much. It works perfectly. Normally I'd mount the bracket on the camera body's tripod mount, but I want to leave that free to use a monopod. Anybody with any experiences that suggest how strong (or weak) a hotshoe may be? I'm thinking that the plastic adapter that the TTL cord plugs into would break before the hotshoe, but I' not sure... - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
