John Hermanson wrote:
> A common problem is the corrosion of the contacts inside the holes on
> top of the 1n/2n. This is caused by the decomposing foam that sits
> between the flash bracket and the prism.
> You can try to clean them but the contacts are so light (little tension)
> that you almost can't tell when your touching them with that sharp
> scraping tool. Then, even if you DID clean them, they're bent so far
> down that the shoe pins don't touch them anymore.
Perhaps I've been wasting my time, but when I use one of these cameras
in harsh conditions, I either leave a shoe or preferably auto connector
screwed in or put sticky tape over the hole.
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