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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-30-2019, 09:18 PM
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Questions about high-voltage flashes will come up occasionally, but there is no need to worry unless you're using older flashes. Modern ones are designed for the modern hot shoes, but using an older flash like a Vivitar 283, which puts out a high amount of volts through the hot shoe connector, has been known to fry electronics in newer digital cameras. If you're concerned about this with older (think 1970s and 1980s flashes) then buy an inexpensive hot shoe voltage reducer: Wein Safe-Sync Hot Shoe to Hot Shoe with PC 990-560 B&H Photo |
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-22-2019, 05:43 PM
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Another vote for epoxy, available at any hardware store. There are a few different types of epoxy. Unless you're skilled at things like this avoid the steel putty epoxy, as this is electrically conductive and may act as a jumper between different posts in the hot shoe. If you're concerned about making a mess with superglue, don't get the liquid kind. Get gel or even better, putty epoxy. Rough up the surface on the bottom of the hot shoe, mix the epoxy together and place the putty where in needs to go. Work quickly, as this dries pretty fast.
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