After I managed to beak off a pin from a Shoe4, my flash shoes and
connectors have been kept in translucent Fuji film containers; I have not
lost a pin since!
Roger Key
Chris Barrett wrote:
Dear Folks,
We had a thread some time ago regarding uses for old film cannisters. If I
remember suggestions covered everything from fishing to bait through spare
coins to 0.22 bullets.
Now I've found an Olympus use for them.
I bought an spare Hot shoe 4 as a back up for my OM2n from an excellent
dealer on the *bay, with whom I've dealt many times before.
To my surprise part of the excellent packing was that the shoe was slipped
insidea 35mm film container.
I thought "What a great idea!" I usually keep the shoe on my camera, but I
could inside slip it inside a film container and keep it in my camera bag -
less chance of it falling off the camera as has happened before.
I think one of the translucent ones would be best, so I can see it has the
shoe in it (after all I don't want to throw it away by mistake, do I?).
Then I wondered what else would fit in a cannister. So far apart from the
Shoe 1 &4, also the TTL connector 4, and the the T20 Auto connector all fit
nicely in a film container. The shoes in particular would be well
protected
as I always worry about damaging the fine pins.
A good idea or not?
Chris
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