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Corran
9-Jan-2012, 18:43
So I don't know exactly what I need so I'm looking for suggestions.

Basically I'm trying to adapt a flash onto an old Polaroid 900. I found a small L-bracket that attaches correctly to the shoe, now I just need a cold shoe to mount on the L-bracket. All that it needs to be is a cold flash shoe with a bolt coming out below it that I can put through a hole in the bracket and screw tight. This allows me to have the flash sideways so it's not so bulky.

Anyone have any clue if something like this is available? I don't feel like fabricating one.

I'm thinking this would work but I can't see the bottom to be sure a screw is there. Does anyone have one of these?
http://www.adorama.com/CBMC.html

Also if you have something like this around I'd buy it from you.

drew.saunders
9-Jan-2012, 18:54
Midwest Photo likely has something that will work for you:

http://mpex.com/strobist/clamps-adapters.html

They have some cold shoes with a bolt hole in them, maybe you can make that work?

Tom J McDonald
9-Jan-2012, 18:56
Will it matter to you if it's a hotshoe?

The Olympus shoes are detachable with little threaded screws in the bottom. But they are hotshoes.

http://www.keh.com/camera/Olympus--Flash-Accessories/1/sku-OM23010600319Z?r=FE

Jon Shiu
9-Jan-2012, 19:00
You could just get one of the cold shoes with a hole on ebay and epoxy in a short piece of threaded rod.

Jon

Corran
9-Jan-2012, 19:03
Hey, I found this on mpex and then Adorama had it. I just made an order last night so I hope they'll throw it in since it hasn't shipped and I won't have to pay more shipping. Even if they do it was only like $13 shipped.

http://www.adorama.com/BG2932.html

It'll work perfectly! Thanks for the mpex suggestion.

(I needed a cold shoe because the hot shoe flash I have randomly triggered in a hot show adapter I've tried on another project so I wanted to avoid that.)