All the accessory hot shoes have this stop "plate" which snaps into place.
If you look at the front edge of the hot shoe, you can see where it wraps
around the edge. The back edge of the spring is V shaped and "kinda" locks
it in place.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Barry B. Bean <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM4/flash shoe 'stop'
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2000 11:04:20 -0500, Craig H wrote:
>
> >Barry -- What about the little spring loaded "stop" on the bottom of the
> >flash unit shoe - between the outer contacts. That little gadget would
> >appear to drop into the notch on the flash shoe and position the flash
> >properly. I'll bet that it has broken or stuck up into the base of the
> >flash unit shoe. There are no other stops that I can see.
>
> John H.has been kind enough to offer me a replacement stop, which is
> handy, because my third party flashes (Vivitar, Sunpack) don't have
> spring loaded stops. My Oly flash is in the shjop, so I don't know if
> it has one or not.
>
> BBB
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