Hotshoe Flash Contacts

416 posts
20 years
Staffordshire,
England

Posted 21/12/2012 - 21:19 Link

The hotshoe on Pentax cameras (and Nikon I think) have four contacts, one large centre contact and three small ones. Canon cameras have one large centre contact and FOUR small contacts.
Anyone know why this is?

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gartmore gartmore

6724 posts
20 years
Glasgow,
Scotland

Posted 22/12/2012 - 09:58 Link

Different manufacturers have different flash protocols.

Ken
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dangie dangie

416 posts
20 years
Staffordshire,
England

Posted 22/12/2012 - 10:17 Link

Thanks Ken. I just wondered if Canon cameras/flashguns had some additional mode that others didn't, hence the extra contact.

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