The Minolta shoe doesn't have a traditional "clamp" or screw down
method. if you add the attachment it will slide in the the "cold
shoe" but there is no way to clamp or hold it there. Are we
talking about the same thing?
Thanks for trying to help. Do Appreciate!
--
lyn
The clamping action would not be provided by the shoe but by the
bracket as there will be a tightening nut under the attachment
"plate" (not visible in the illustration). But there is a
possibility that it may not have enough depth or width to
accomodate the "rails" of the KM flash shoe. So email B&H -- it's
theiir equipment you are buying and I am not the seller so I don't
have to describe the goods accurately to you. I was just trying to
make what I thought was a helpful suggestion. The "solution" you
show in the photo you provided seemed unnecessarily complicated to
me (it uses the MS-2 stand and a small ball head), so was
suggesting a simpler method. There are other flash bracked on the
B&H site, and another course of action would be to go into your
local photo store with the equipment you have and ask what they can
provide that will achieve your aim.
--
brettania
(Everyone has a photographic memory. Some, like me, just don't have
any film)
Thank you brettania. I didn't realize that there would be a small
tightening nut underneath the attachment. Makes sense though. And
it certainly is a more simple approach. It's late tonight, but I
will check it out first thing tomorrow a.m. You certainly know
your Minolta stuff. This and the Maxxum 7 are my first, and I think
they are laid out so wonderfully, so much thought put into how a
person uses a camera. I'm really liking both of mine. And the
pictures I get even in program mode are really excellent.
Thanks again.
--
lyn
Ok, not to beat a dead horse, but .... I found the two little
screws on the bottom of the OS-1100 attachment. They are about as
obvious as a black cat on a moonless night. Enough carping. I've
have once again gone through the manuals for the Maxxum 7, Maxxum
D7, and HS 5600, as well as the documentation for the OS-1100,
which came with OC-1100, but lets not quibble. None mention this
very important function - and they should because attaching a flash
to a bracket is not exactly an unusual practice. Please share with
me how it is you came to know this? I am most interested. Now on
closer inspection, I see that the OC-1100 also has 2 similiar tiny
screws. Can't wait to find out what they do.
Your last message to me sounded a little curt - or maybe I'm just
being overly sensitive, but I hope I didn't offend you with my
assumption that you didn't understand my question. BTW, I did
take the unit into the largest Photo/Video store we have in this
large metropolitan area, and they were as ignorant as I. Actually,
a little more so. Can you imagine.
Thank you for your help, and if you would be nice to me one more
time, please tell me how you learned this and why you thought I
would already know it. I simple assumed (in the picture) that the
user was forced to attach the bracket this way because there was no
other way (and indeed, maybe they assumed that as well).
I may have to go back to my Contax manual RTSIII. Maybe I'm just
too old for all this "fancy stuff". Just kidding on that note.
Once you go digital, you'll never go back. The immediate feedback
is invaluable in learning "to light".
A last note: We may be discussing different things, it's hard to tell online, but I talked to a Senior Technician at Minolta today and he said that the two little black screws on the oc-1100 are to hold it together. In effect. There is no way to fasten it to a bracket unless the bracket itself has an adjustable "cold shoe" or mechanism to secure the flash (such as the one I have from fastframe).
