Hot Shoe Question

[hanyo66]

I have a Panasonic DMC-FZ8, and it doesn't have a shoe mount (hot or cold). I have one question.

Is it possible to build/make/buy a hot shoe?

I really want to use flashes on cam, but I don't have a hot shoe and I was wondering if there was any way to make one.

I've searched the internet all night with no avail.

HELP!

 

[Alpha]

You'll have to buy a flash bracket unless you want to epoxy a cold shoe to the body.

 

[hanyo66]

I'm talking about a HOT SHOE, sorry for any inconvenience.

 

[hanyo66]

Anyone?

 

[Alpha]

According to the Panasonic website, and a few other sites I found, external flash is not an option. Period.

 

[hanyo66]

That's what I thought, but I was checking anyway.

It's not impossible, only I guess hot shoe is impossible.

My digital slave flash works.

 

[Alpha]

I would recommend the slide-film trick in order to prevent your on-board flash from flattening your shots. Secure a piece of unexposed but developed slide film (should be opaque) over your on-board flash. The slide film will allow IR to pass but hardly any visible light. This way, you can trigger only the external slave.

 

[hanyo66]

Ok, sounds good.

Do you recommend taping it, and will I be able to close my on board flash with the slide film on it?

 

[Alpha]

Depends on how often you use the external. If you're using it all the time, it may be easiest just to leave the on-board up with the film taped on there all the time. Otherwise you could tape it on as necessary (though that's a little bit of a pain).