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: If you use one of these and buy something, we make a little bit of money. Need more info? See how it all works here.] Hot Shoe vs Cold Shoe
To avoid any confusion, we need to figure out the differences between a hot shoe and a cold shoe. A hot shoe is composed of metal brackets you see on top of your camera. It’s the one you use to attach an external flashgun. It is called “hot” because it has electrical contacts that let it send signals from the camera to your flash. Meanwhile, a cold shoe is a receptacle that in many ways, looks exactly like a hot shoe. But the difference is that it often doesn’t have any electrical contacts to trigger a flashgun. Hence the term “cold.”