only leaving fire pin on hotshoe connector

james i am trying to pick up on something you said in another thread:

The Inon strobes work well with Canon. I used 2 Z220's with my 1DmkII. I removed the pins in the housing hotshoe, leaving only the center or "fire" pin

i am trying to figure out why did you do that? i have used my z220 connected with all the pins, and have not seen any concern with it, but then again i may have missed something

is this something i should be considering?

thanks for your help

/paul

Hi Paul,

Some cameras act wonky when the TTL and ready signal pin are left connected. I don't know if the 1DmkII is one of them, but if you're not using TTL, then I see no reason to leave the pins connected.

Cheers

James

when you say removed the pins, do you mean 'remove' ? can they go back in? or do you just cover them somehow ?

It depends on the housing.

Cheers

James

thanks for that james ..

thinking about this, then maybe the i did see some strange behaviour when trying a d2000w.

for some reason the camera switched off and would not restart until i removed the battery and put it back in again; i think i have by mistake left the camera on s-ttl mode. something to investigate.

ok this begs the next question: how easy is it to remove (and put back in again) the seacam pins?

/paul

Hi Paul,

Luiz uploaded an article about how to remove pins from the hotshoe in Subal housings.

For Seacam, you can literally pull the pins out w/ your fingernail or tweezers.

HTH

James

thanks for the info james

now will i let my 2 left hands loose on something like that ?

/paul

A search on the front page for "hotshoe" gives you:

http://wetpixel.com/i.php/full/seacam-hots...-configuration/

http://wetpixel.com/i.php/full/modifying-t...-the-subal-d2x/

http://wetpixel.com/i.php/full/nikon-d2x-h...ndrome-and-fix/

Hello Guys

My D70 does go "doo Lally" with all 5 pins connected. i just simply use electrical insulation tape to cover the pins.

the bouns of doing this on my D70 is

The Camera now does not think that a flash is connected "but it is only via FIRE pin" so i can use shutter speeds outside X-SYNC

not sure how Canons work when only fire pin is connected, i presume the same if the camera is not being told that a flash is connected.

regards

Craig

Funnily enough, my D100 doesn't like the Inon strobes, but my D1X doesn't mind them at all.

With the former, I have to tape the front right-hand pin to get the camera to work (otherwise, it won't even let me take a shot, and shows a blinking red strobe led inside the viewfinder), but with the latter, there's no issue at all with all pins connected.

Both cameras are housed in Secam housings, and I used the same sync cords for both. Go figure...

not sure how Canons work when only fire pin is connected, i presume the same if the camera is not being told that a flash is connected.

That is correct, Craig. The camera doesn't know there is a strobe connected. Perfect!