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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