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re: [OM] flash tripod mount?

Subject: re: [OM] flash tripod mount?
From: "Ian A. Nichols" <I.A.Nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 09:28:03 +0000 (GMT)

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Mike wrote:

> > ...These are "cold shoes" which just hold the flash but do not provide a
> > cicuit connection....
> >
> Maybe not so cold. I couldn't get my T32 to flash when mounted on one I
> had set up on a tripod. Turned out that the contacts on the bottom of
> the flash were shorted out by the metal shoe. A little tape fixed the
> problem. Just something to watch out for.

For the benefit of the person asking about tripod flash shoes:  the
simplest solution to this is to buy a hot shoe and just not conect the
PC cord to anything. 

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