Mark posted the part number, I see -- the plate just slides on from the
back. The only problem without it is that the flash contacts might not
align with the pads -- be sure you see the ready light in the finder
before shooting.
NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I seldom use a flash, however today I put one on one of my user OM 2Ss
> and
> the flash didn't fire. I took the unit off and compared the the hot
> shoe on
> the malfunctioning camera with one of my other OM 2Ss. Seems the
> malfunctioning one has a hot shoe that is a little light. Given that
> it
> doesn't work I guess I can say that the body has a hot "loafer". It
> would
> appear that there is a little piece that should be in the hot shoe 1)
> covers
> up the 4 mounting screws 2) raises the level or shims the slot a
> little 3)
> stops the flash front going past the end of the hot shoe and bumping
> into the
> prism (Didn't realise that until I had already pushed it past the end
> and got
> it stuck). Two questions. Would the absense of this piece keep the
> flash
> from flashing? Is this a major deal or perhaps one that a user could
> handle?
> If the answer to this one is yes, where might one get the part? Bill
> Barber
>
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