I'd use a small piece of 35mm film as insulator. Being rather rigid it
will remain in place while you slide the flash in the cold shoe (the hot
ones have eletric conections indeed), instead of sliding out of position
or tearing apart. One point - some flashes and shoes have a very tight
fit, so even the 35mm strip may be too much.
My old 280t units would perform erratically when the dedicated contacts
were shorted, and not at all when all the contacts were shorted. They
survived the first shorts, and then I started using film as needed.
Even in the Digital Age, 35mm film remains essential... ;-)
LF
Bruce Walker escreveu:
I just picked up a little Opus umbrella swivel mount gadget. It has a
hot shoe (I suppose a cold shoe really as it's not wired) on one end of
it. Curiously though, it's entirely made of metal and if I attach my
540FGZ to it it will short all of the flash's pins together.
I'd be inclined to insulate it with some electrical tape and possibly
some thin plastic just for good measure, but here's my question: am I
being unnecessarily paranoid? Is it perfectly safe to short all the
flash hotshoe pins together?
Thanks!
-bmw
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