Canon SX50 and Hot Shoe Protector: You SX50 users out there may already be aware of this, but for those who don't, be aware that using a hot shoe protector on this camera may disable...

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Dec 23, 2018 14:08:01 #

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

You SX50 users out there may already be aware of this, but for those who don't, be aware that using a hot shoe protector on this camera may disable the in-camera flash.

It seems a bit strange that something as benign as a generic plastic hot shoe protector could do that but it does. I'm trying to find if Canon makes a hot shoe cap for this camera that will not interfere with the built-in flash operation, but no luck so far. There's nothing the manual that I can find that cautions the user about this.

Stan

Dec 23, 2018 14:12:34 #

rcdovala

StanMac wrote:

You SX50 users out there may already be aware of t... (show quote)

The same thing applies to the G1X.

Dec 23, 2018 14:21:08 #

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

Anything that slides into the hot shoe will shut off the internal flash. It's a mechanical switch on the side contact. You'd have to find something that snaps on OVER the hot shoe.
Good luck.

Dec 23, 2018 14:33:15 #

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

I have an SX50, never knew that but don't have a hot shoe protector.

Dec 23, 2018 15:28:45 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

So if you stick a bubble level in the shoe, the internal flash will be turned off???
Dang.

Dec 23, 2018 15:59:38 #

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

Longshadow wrote:

So if you stick a bubble level in the shoe, the internal flash will be turned off???
Dang.

Yes. Anything.

Dec 24, 2018 06:15:32 #

DAN Phillips Loc: Graysville, GA

Not so on Nikon.

Dec 24, 2018 07:01:00 #

btsken

You could notch the edge of the protector so the switch is off when the protecto is all the way in
Ken

Dec 24, 2018 07:47:45 #

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Thanks!

Dec 24, 2018 07:49:43 #

spaceylb Loc: Long Beach, N.Y.

btsken wrote:

You could notch the edge of the protector so the switch is off when the protecto is all the way in
Ken

Thats what i did. Use a nail clipper

Dec 24, 2018 08:28:25 #

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Thanks for the tip, btsken!

I examined the hot shoe expecting to find one of the contact terminals was maybe spring loaded and when compressed by the base of a flash would do the disabling of the internal flash function. I didn’t think to examine the edges of the slot.

Stan

Dec 24, 2018 09:21:15 #