From: Larry Colen
On Mar 7, 2011, at 2:20 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
On 11-03-07 2:36 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
In my collection of photo gear that looked handy when I
bought it, are several metal cold shoes. Unfortunately, when
I mount a speedlight on one of them, bad things happen. Or at
least good things don't happen. Are speedlights supposed to
work, even with their hotshoe contacts shorted out?
You need to insert a thin piece of mylar or similar to prevent
shorting. When I asked about this very thing a couple of years
ago, somebody suggested that 35mm film could be used for that.
The better coldshoes are either insulated or leave a gap under
the flash shoe to prevent shorting.
Aha! So, what I need to do, is make a template based on the contacts
on my strobes, and just drill out the cold shoes so that the p-ttl
contacts don't short out.
Or put a small piece of electrical tape down there. I use gaffer's tape
myself, but electrical tape will work. It just has to be replaced more
often.
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