Title: What Is the Cold Shoe? (and How Can You Use It!)
Headings: What Is the Cold Shoe? (and How Can You Use It!)
What Is the Cold Shoe? (and How Can You Use It!)
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Hot Shoe vs Cold Shoe
Cold Shoe Mount for Off-Camera Flash
Cold Shoe with Electrical Contacts
Cold Shoe Extension
Cold Shoe Adapter for Microphones and Other Accessories
So How Do You Use a Cold Shoe?
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Content: There are still cases when you may need this type of cold shoe for connecting two or more flash units physically from a single hot shoe. The most common designs that have cold shoes with electrical contacts are the L-shape and double arm hot-shoe extensions. we’ll discuss these in the next section. Cold Shoe Extension
A cold shoe extension is called such because it has brackets made of metal or plastic that extends from the hot shoe to the side of the camera. Some, but not all, have internal connections that allow your camera’s hot shoe to send signals directly to the flash without a sync cable. So why the strange design? We all know that a direct camera flash creates unflattering results. The purpose of a cold shoe extension is to provide an “off-camera” flash while attached to the camera. The brackets extend to the left or the right side of your camera so you’re not firing off light in front of your subject. These hot-shoe extensions are especially useful in event and news photography.