With most flash accessories I'm used to, the ground contact points are to the shiny metal edges of the hotshoe flanges rather than to the top or underside. If you look into the slots of the accessory (flash or whatever) you should see some curved spring clips.
Intermittent contact is an ongoing issue with hotshoes. Poor design in general. Oils tend to build up on the metal parts involved and must be cleaned with a chemical contact spray or a microfibre cloth, if you can squeeze it into the slots. I use Hosa D5S-6 DeoxIT spray. www.caig.com Works great! On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 12:53 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > The K7 has a black anodised hot shoe (unlike the bare metal one on my > K110D). It is not obvious how an attached flash is grounded. I seem to be > having intermittent problems with a bad ground contact. Any comments? > > Alan C > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
