What is a "Hot Shoe Thread"

[tkring]

Please tell me what a "Hot Shoe Thread" is and how do I know if my camera has one?

Thanks!

 

[fdog]

This is not about placing a shoe in the oven, and seeing if the threads catch fire...

A thread is a separate chain of posts of a common topic.

A Hot Shoe is a mount for a strobe, found on some cameras. This Shoe has electrical contacts to trigger and signal the strobe, hence the Hot part. The term is so ubiquitous, that the term is often applied (albeit colloquially) to any mount similar in design, even if it carries no electrical contacts at all.

All the best, James

 

[f3nikon]

Please tell me what a "Hot Shoe Thread" is and how do I know if my camera has one?

Thanks!

Not sure what you mean by "thread" but I was stressing the importance of a hotshoe attachment feature since day one.

The hotshoe is the external flash connector sitting on top of cameras that I feel are the only ones worth buying...period. I myself would not even think of using a camera without a hotshoe for serious underwater use. Because the money is wasted buying the fiber optic attachment and a more expensive strobe when you can directly hardwire a reasonably priced strobe to the hotshoe.

If I had a camera without a hotshoe I would keep it for the topside shooting and get a used "C" or "G" series Olympus or Canon cameras with a hotshoe and dedicate this camera for underwater use.

You know you have one if you can directly mount an external flash head to your camera and as James noted, has an electrical connection.