The rear shoe pin on shoe 3 is for TTL contact only. The flash not firing at
all means that other contact is not touching or is shorting. Remove shoe & blow
hole out (ypu probably already did this).
If you try scratching the contact with something, do not press too hard cus this
can push the contact out of the metal stamping.
John
Charles Loeven wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I am back on line after my trip to New York for the holiday.
> There is no photo info to report. Most of my photography was
> limited to family P&S.
>
> I am having a problem with the set up of the OM2 (no n) and shoe3.
> It seems that the shoe does not sit properly on the camera and
> the contact is not made to fire the flash.
> If I put slight pressure on the front of the shoe to tilt it backwards
> it fires fine. The shoe1 works fine as does the connector3.
> This should eliminate the camera as the problem.
> I have tried to fire it using a duo synch type cord to no avail.
> This should eliminate the weight of the flash as the problem.
> The weird thing is, I had the exact problem with another shoe3 and the same
> camera.
> I eventually cracked that one!
> Should I put a shim under the front of the shoe to tilt it back or will this
> do damage?
> I suspect that the rear pin is not making contact.
>
> If anyone has had this problem or has a remedy, please let me know.
>
> Charlie
> Charles Loeven
> cpl49@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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