D3300 - Possible to use two hot shoe accessories at the same time?

[King Mustard]

I currently use a Godox TT685II-N flash with my Nikon D300.

I want to add a GPS receiver, to be able to geotag the photos I take.

I was considering getting a Micnova GPS-N PLUS (£50 new on Amazon UK) but I can see this also uses the hot shoe.

Is it possible to use both of these devices (flash and GPS receiver) at the same time?

 

[480sparky]

Amazon.com

 

[Golem]

I currently use a Godox TT685II-N flash with my Nikon D300.

I want to add a GPS receiver, to be able to geotag the photos I take.

I was considering getting a Micnova GPS-N PLUS (£50 new on Amazon UK) but I can see this also uses the hot shoe.

Is it possible to use both of these devices (flash and GPS receiver) at the same time?

Depends on how many hot shoes youve got.

 

[smoke665]

Google "hot shoe splitter". However be aware that some cameras can be finicky with communication.

 

[Golem]

Piling stuff onto the shoe is a good way to damage it. Get a Nikon "foot to shoe" flash extension cord and a flash bracket. The shoe end of the extension cord goes on the bracket and you can pile all your stuff up there.

The fittings on the cord are probably tougher than the shoe on a D3300, but even if you manage to damage the cords fitting from over burdening it, theres no camera damage to repair. You just buy another cord.

Aside from the phyical matters, I wonder if the FW can walk and chew gum at the same time ? Maybe it can only deal with one function at a time through the hot shoe ? That needs a call to Nikon Support.