Cold Shoe Sizes? « Videomaker Community Forums

sbhoward
Member

Has anyone had any issues with the sizes (tightness) of any Video cold shoes? More specifically cold shoes sold either as an add on or as part of a camera bracket?

While My Sony Video and Nikon Still Cameras fit fine, Flash units, Azden Wireless Mic receivers, and even a Sony Shotgun Mic all are slightly too large to fit what has been sold as a standard cold shoe.

They are so tight as to make them unusable. I have never run into this before when mounting directly on cameras. However my new Canon has an "improved" ( read non standard) shoe that forces me to look elsewhere for a mount.

Thanks

Posted 1 year ago #
hmueller
Member

The new Canon range has a smaller cold shoe. It is also a standard size. You can get an adapter from Canon and their accessories will fit the smaller cold shoe. Another solution is to buy a bracket for about $15 which will give you several standard shoes and a handy handle which is useful as these cameras are quite small.

Posted 1 year ago #
composite1
Moderator

I've run into that problem on rare occasions (mainly when it was most inconvenient!) If circumstances allowed, a quick run of a file from a multi-tool over the item's shoe usually made the difference. However, if you don't have the option to modify the gear, then by all means keep some Shoe Adapters on hand. I keep a couple that screw into the bottom of a camera just in case.

H.Wolfgang Porter, Composite Media Producer
Dreaded Enterprises Unlimited, Inc.
http://www.dreadedenterprises.com

Posted 1 year ago #