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Is it crucial to avoid all-metal hot shoe-to-light-stand adapters when setting up a EX speedlight remotely. My EX 550 would be set to "slave" and fired by either a ST-E2 transmitter, or a 550 on the EOS 3. I have a few metal adapters hanging around that are useful because they have adjustments for pan and tilt. I just don't want to risk shorting out the contacts on the bottom of the flash shoe(and damaging the internal circuitry) if I forget to set the remote 550 to "slave" before sliding it into the adapter.I have some all plastic adapters (including the "foot" that comes with the 550), but they're all less satisfactory for one reason or another.
-- Jonathan Barber (jbarber1@nycap.rr.com), December 04, 2000
Why not apply some "electrical" tape to the metal shoes to insulate the contacts?
-- Dave Herzstein (dherzstein@juno.com), December 05, 2000.
I knew I should have mentioned that I've tried tape. At least for me, the fit of the flash in the shoe was then too tight; sometimes the tape peeled up and wadded into a mess at the back of the shoe. I'm afraid that even if the tape stays in place, there's a chance it would wear through and let the contacts touch metal (assuming it matters!)
-- Jonathan Barber ((jbarber1@nycap.rr.com)), December 05, 2000.
If it matters, Canon doesn't seem to be saying so. I've been through the 550EX manual quite a few times and don't recall them mentioning metal hot shoe adaptors. Since there will never be any voltage applied to the contacts, I can't see how it would hurt.Paul
-- Paul Ferrara (paul@columbusoft.com), December 05, 2000.