Usually the hotshoe rubs off a bit of the material, so it sits more loosely later. This adapter is indented for tele lens use, the reflector sight might not be tilt enough to use this for macro shooting. Version 2 increased the width of the hot shoe to provide a better fit with smaller prints. Once you found and reinstalled the screws (you’d need an Allen key 1.5mm size), slide the adapter into the hot shoe of your dSLR camera, then secure it with the two tiny grub screws. Once the adapter secured, install the red dot finder onto the top V-shaped part of the adapter. Other than some shipping problems, the laser pointer and brackets are great. The brackets are metal, not plastic, and solid. The laser pointer is compact and powerful. Support from MSM was excellent! Prompt and courteous. I would buy from MSM again. Pictures: 1) Laser pointer w/ camera mount (laser on) 2) Laser pointer w/ camera mount.
Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Mount Kit
Most digital cameras these days come with some kind of electronic remote shutter release. Inventor 2018 full. Various solutions exist, using USB cables, smartphone apps, or dedicated remotes. [Steloherd] wasn’t happy with the options available for his Ricoh GRII, though, so built a rig to do things the old fashioned way.
[Steloherd] wanted to use an old-school mechanical release cable, so devised a way to use it to trigger the Ricoh’s standard shutter button. A small aluminium bracket was created, attached to the hot shoe on top of the camera via a mounting foot from a standard flash accessory. A spring plate was then created to help spread the load from the mechanical release pin, ensuring it triggers the camera effectively without damaging anything.
Installing the mechanical release proved difficult, as the DIN standard calls for an obscure M3.4 conical tapped thread. Rather than muck about finding rare tooling, [Steloherd] simply recut the thread on the release cable to a straight M3x0.5, and did the same for the bracket.
Overall, it’s a tidy hack, and one that could be adapted to other cameras fairly easily. Other methods we’ve seen involve such odd choices as linear actuators harvested from air fresheners, if you’d believe it. As always, if it works, it works!
Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Mount For Cell Phone
I know a number of you are using the DSLR Controller app and the TP-Link wireless hack I posted awhile back to control and monitor your camera. The problem is that there aren’t a lot of cheap simple ways to mount the TP-link or your phone (unless you count velcro). I try to keep an eye out for new mounting options as they show up and found the DSLR Smartphone Hot Shoe Mount adapter (above) for a little less than $15.
Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Mount System
The Smartphone Hot Shoe Mount comes with a 1/4 20 shoe adapter with a ball head and spring loaded clamp. Unfortunately the adapter clamp doesn’t quite open up enough to hold a Nexus 7 tablet in place but it is large enough to hold a 5 inch Smartphone for those HTC and Samsung users.
If you want to use the adapter on a rig or friction arm, the shoe adapter on the bottom of the unit has female threads making it easy to adapt. That combined with the ball head gives you a lot of adjustment flexibility.
While most of the Smartphone Hot Shoe Mount is made out of plastic it does seem to be reasonably solid. The clamp feels nice and sturdy and the adjustment thumb nut on the ball head snugs up nice and tight. This isn’t something you’ll want to take into extreme conditions but for $14.95 it feels reasonably solid.
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The rubberized grip and spring tension on the adapter clamp give it a solid hold on my rather heavy Droid 4. If I have some time tonight maybe I’ll give this a shake test with one of my old broken android phones and see how good of a grip it really has. Even if it doesn’t stand up the Smartphone Hot Shoe Mount still seems like a reasonably decent option for the price.
- Dan Banici
May 22nd, 2014 at 1:47 pmExcellent comments, great product.
I personally use it as a 3 camera teleprompter, where all 3 angless roll at the same time, and the talking head is free to look at any one he pleases, and when we edit we cut the footage as if it was cut from a live switcher. Of course the iPhone teleprompter software has to be synchronized at the same scroll speed and font size. Much cheaper and efficient, easier to move around than one way mirrors, stands, etc.
Reply to this comment - Mathias
May 23rd, 2014 at 9:08 amCan really recommend the mount from RetiCam. It costs 25$ on Amazon, it is super sturdy so you don’t have to worry about dropping your expensive smartphone.
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