flash light shoe protective cover for nikon camera
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one cover fits all.
maybe they dun own a flash or seldom use flash and want their hotshoe to be in mint condition :bsmilie:
but like u said and like i mentioned earlier, anyone who's used an external flash enough will know better than to use the hotshoe cover.
xtemujin
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Some of us use the camera in humid and dusty environment and would like to cover the hotshoe and don't use speedlight that often especially in landscape photography.
Let us respect other people different requirement instead of being critical about it.
Let us respect other people different requirement instead of being critical about it.
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u have a point, but the hotshoe is pretty solid metal. i have a damn old SB800 which has seen yrs of PJ work (not my work, the person who sold it to me) and it works pretty ok. so corrosion and whatever isn't an issue with this part of the camera.
dun think so? then why do the more entry level nikons come with it, while D300 and above don't? :dunno:
my ex colleagues and one of my friends dun cover lens caps when on the job, i'm different cos i'm (or rather, was. "was" because i'm not doing PJ stuff anymore. i'm not a pro) a noob at it.
they dun even cover lens caps cos speed is a priority. i'd think that the hot shoe cover is many times more redundant than lens caps.
for those who cover because they dun use flash at all, i respect their decision. even for those who like to cover for the heck of it, i respect their decision too. but i want to share that it's not necessary for the majority of users, and will simply get in the way.
those pple who use it in extreme conditions, no need to mention, cos they wun be reading this thread. if they need, they probably have spare liaoz
this shall be my last post on this topic. my apologies to anyone inadvertantly offended by my earlier post, but just read my words in bold
i'm not a pro, nor even super experienced, but i like to think about which parts of my system are wants, which are needs, and which are simply, more harm than good. (i'm still undecided on filters, for e.g, but i just play safe and use them)
zac08
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I've shot in drizzle, dirty environments, and yet do not cover the hotshoe.
And yet it is still working....
And look at those older cameras, like the manual F series... some of them went thru a war, do they actually come with that piece of plastic?? Nah...
Somehow I find this more of a marketing ploy, rather than more for actual protection. But this is just my opinion about it.
cheers,
And yet it is still working....
And look at those older cameras, like the manual F series... some of them went thru a war, do they actually come with that piece of plastic?? Nah...
Somehow I find this more of a marketing ploy, rather than more for actual protection. But this is just my opinion about it.
cheers,
La Fontaine
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In the old days of film, cameras were bought and used for as long as 20years. And some might wanna to keep it in pristine condition.
Now, dSLR is viewed as a disposable camera. I have not seen anyone shooting with a D100 or a D1x lately. A 5yr old dSLR is already a grandfather camera.
So why border with that silly piece of plastic?
Now, comparing dSLR with those PnS digicams, dSLR are much more robust in many ways.
Now, dSLR is viewed as a disposable camera. I have not seen anyone shooting with a D100 or a D1x lately. A 5yr old dSLR is already a grandfather camera.
So why border with that silly piece of plastic?
Now, comparing dSLR with those PnS digicams, dSLR are much more robust in many ways.
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