> > From: "Peter Loveday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/06/12 Thu AM 01:32:09 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Flash contact pins > > > Tried gaffer tape. The pins perforated it. > > Hmm right. Works for me, but perhaps your hotshoes are a tighter fit. > > Some hotshoe (well, coldshoe really) adapters actually have a channel right > down the centre to avoid any contact at all. The shoe is still gripped on > the edges. > > Like the shoe on this: http://tinyurl.com/6rlkuc > > You could probably file/dremel a similar channel. I guess this might be a > little less sturdy / more likely to break the flash. hard to say.
Usually, the problem is due to modern pins having aggressive points rather than wiping contacts. It makes a better job of creating electrical contact but makes the backroom bodger's job just a little more difficult. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
