Posts for: AndyT
Oct 8, 2022 09:13:06 #
markinvictoria wrote:
Every Nikon I've bought new comes with the hot shoe cover...D50, D90, D7100, and D500. Do I use them...No.
I come across them every now and then in my closet.
I come across them every now and then in my closet.
Ah, the box of miscellaneous crap. Sadly mine did not contain the missing piece.
Oct 8, 2022 09:11:40 #
RonDavis wrote:
I use a thumb rest (for all cameras) that fits into the hot shoe slot. I find these helpful and useful holding the cameras.
I bought a thumb rest for my Fuji X-T2. If I remember the reason I took it off was it was interfering with opening the tilt out screen. It did look good though.
Oct 8, 2022 09:09:18 #
bebop22 wrote:
Just go on-line and google for it. You will find.
I will. Thanks.
Oct 8, 2022 09:08:59 #
SX2002 wrote:
Nikon used to supply them with their cameras, my first Nikon, a D90 had one. Then Nikon got too tight a***d to supply them, just like their lens hoods...I bought 5 in a bag from Wish.com for $5...Nikon wanted AUD$20 for one.
The Wish ones even had a spirit level in them..never used it but it's there if ever I do..they are also rubber and slide in a grip very well.
The Wish ones even had a spirit level in them..never used it but it's there if ever I do..they are also rubber and slide in a grip very well.
Come to think of it my old D90 had one too. I gave it to a school photography class with the cover attached.
Oct 8, 2022 09:07:20 #
lamiaceae wrote:
My Pentax cameras seem to come with hotshoe covers. But I don't think all the used bodies had one when I got it. I don't bith keeping the plastic covers on, I am not even sure where I stores mine. Some of my old film bodies had them too. Just tiny parts to lose.
You are right. As demonstrated here, they are easy to lose.
Oct 8, 2022 09:06:21 #
rmalarz wrote:
I have and use several hot shoe covers. One is gold colored, one silver, one black, and one with a spirit level incorporated. This allows me to quickly determine which camera I want to use simply by looking at the top of them. The secondary benefit is keeping dirt and crap off electrical contacts within the hot shoe.
--Bob
--Bob
It's good to have a system!
Oct 8, 2022 09:05:24 #
Longshadow wrote:
Don't drool (or sneeze) on the camera;
Don't pass the camera around.
Don't pass the camera around.
You and JD750 both drool on the camera? That's funny.
Oct 8, 2022 09:03:23 #
JD750 wrote:
I use them to keep dirt and saliva and other objects off of the contacts and to keep numnuts from touching the hot shoe accidentally.
You had it on to keep saliva off? Did you use it as a tray table?
Oct 8, 2022 08:59:11 #
Longshadow wrote:
Scratches? Digs?
My two camera accessory shoes never got buggered in 20+ years.
(I left it on the one camera so I wouldn't loose it. The other camera did not have one.)
My two camera accessory shoes never got buggered in 20+ years.
(I left it on the one camera so I wouldn't loose it. The other camera did not have one.)
I suppose cost savings is why everyone doesn't automatically include one.
Oct 8, 2022 08:58:10 #
BassmanBruce wrote:
I use em till I lose em!
I would frame that camera and lens picture and hang it. What a gorgeous shot of a beautifully machined piece of art!
I would frame that camera and lens picture and hang it. What a gorgeous shot of a beautifully machined piece of art!
Thanks for your compliment. I think the camera is just as you said, a beautifully machined piece of art. It seemed like it just had to have a photo taken of it.
Oct 8, 2022 08:56:17 #
Mac wrote:
I have always used hot shoe covers for protection. I have also bought a silver metal Nikon cover for my silver Df and a brown Nikon double Z cover for my Z 6II.
Where did you pick up the silver cover, B&H, Ebay? I might look into that.
Oct 8, 2022 08:55:09 #
Longshadow wrote:
My Ftb came with one.
Not sure how much it may have benefited the camera.
But I'm REALLY glad the camera came with a flash PC cover for the front of the body!
Put you finger over/on THAT when the flash is ready to fire.....
Not sure how much it may have benefited the camera.
But I'm REALLY glad the camera came with a flash PC cover for the front of the body!
Put you finger over/on THAT when the flash is ready to fire.....
Do you mean the sync port? You can get zapped from that?
Oct 8, 2022 08:53:52 #
Bill_de wrote:
I have always used them if they came with the camera, otherwise no. Then somebody gave me a few with a bubble level. I slipped them in the cameras that were naked. I don't use the bubble as I can see what I need in the viewfinder. They don't hurt anything.
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Thanks for replying.
Oct 8, 2022 08:52:57 #
therwol wrote:
I've never had a camera that came with a hot shoe cover. Is this an Olympus thing? Mine have always been Nikons.
Good question. Come to think of it I dont think my Nikons ever had one either. My Fuji X-T2 came with one though.
Oct 8, 2022 08:50:07 #
