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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-26-2019, 10:50 AM
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Seeing that the UK has only one venomous snake I doubt very much that you have come in close proximity to one. I agree that snakes (especially beneficial snakes) should be left alone but Copperheads live in quite close proximity to civilization here where I live and they issue more bites than any other venomous snake east of the Rocky Mountains. Young children can easily come in close contact with a Copperhead so these snakes are a problem. Thus my comment.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-22-2019, 07:32 PM
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Nice vicious little Copper head one of the snakes with a nice un-provoked bite record! You did kill the rascal didn't you??
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-22-2019, 09:14 AM
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From looking at my K-3 it looks like the hot shoe is an integral part of the top deck cover which will need to be replaced. Gluing the piece back in place will only be a short term fix at best. If you decided to glue it back apply the glue sparingly as too much glue might affect the flash to hot shoe connection. You will need to use a small bar clamp to hold the part in place till the glue is thoroughly dry also make sure there is no residual glue as this will affect how the flash mounts and also how the contact pins make contact.
If you send it for repair, from what I can tell based on my K-3, the whole top deck cover probably will need to be replaced at a minimum since the part looks to be bradded in place an not screwed on.
Glue and a flash bracket and cable will be your quick and dirty repair and it may last if you do the repair carefully and you are careful attaching the cable to the hotshoe.
Another alternative is to buy a used good condition K-3II and use the one you have for non flash activities.
Good luck and try to be very careful with how you handle your camera in the future.
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