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Has anyone tried DIY Hotshoe for Samsung NX Mini

Started Aug 10, 2019 | Discussions thread
OP Foto_Dude_1 Forum Member • Posts: 63
Re: Well....

Heritage Cameras wrote:

Could you use the camera's built-in flash to trigger an external one with a slave trigger?

You'd need a model that can ignore the camera's pre-flash(es), and a bracket screwed into the tripod bush to mount it. You could turn the internal flash intensity down and/or rig up a reflector so it doesn't affect the image too much.

The other part that I don't understand is the camera's limitation of being unable to take a shot without a lens or fire the flash.

I have bought an adapter which fools the camera into firing with a shutter press using the adapter and a manual c mount lens however the flash will not go off. It's very frustrating.

Essentially the flash will not work outside of their 3 lenses and/or Mini to NX adapter with their Samsung lenses. I have the two common lenses 9 and 9-27 however they are quite slow so I was trying to make use of very compact c mount lenses with fast aperture of 0.95-1.4.

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