Hey folks,
Just wanted to let you know (as if you didn’t already know), is an issue I found with my Canon 400D.
Remember I’m green around the photography gills folks…
A week or so ago I was lucky enough to get my hands on a cheap but good quality studio strobe flash, with umbrella, that’s the only flash I have apart from the one on the canon built in. With this new fancy flash comes a trigger lead that goes to the Camera, except with the 400d it does not have a trigger socket for the lead to go directly into.

So I thought to myself, I'll speak to the chap at the local camera shop ( Canon Supplier BTW) to see about a hot shoe adaptor that will fit on the Canon and in turn let me connect the trigger lead for the flash. Ok I informed the chap in the store of what I had and in turn he gives me a $25 hot shoe adaptor in order to plug the lead into. I was pleased as punch and could not wait to get home and set up something to have a experiment with...

Upon arriving home I set everything up, plugged the flash lead into the hot shoe adaptor, and noting, zilch, nada, nawt, bugger all....
I thought there was something wrong with the flash but all looked good and so I tested the camera and that worked alright but still no joy. I googled it and found that this type of generic hot shoe adaptor for cameras does not do the job due to the high voltage that comes from the flash, in fact it ‘can damage your camera’, it stated on the web. My bloody heart sank and I treble checked the camera and it looks ok but I’m still worried that it might be goosed.

So I went in search of the correct hot shoe adaptor and guess what I cant get one for between 2 -6 weeks almost anywhere
So I have sent off to Hong Kong for a wireless remote trigger in the hope that it works and a dam site cheaper that the shops...

So I've not been able to have a muck about since I got my flash... gutted and have to wait a couple of weeks for Hong Kong dudes to send the thing from E-bay.
Did you know about the hot shoe specific issue, cos the bloody guy in the Canon shop sold me a dud.
Cheers


Geordie Fat Bastard.