for the reason of shorting out the camera? the hot shoe is just for data and the triggering; you don't have those hundreds of volts just sitting in the hot shoe.
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Even if I had a waterproof camera, I still wouldn't expose the hot shoe to the rain...
for the reason of shorting out the camera? the hot shoe is just for data and the triggering; you don't have those hundreds of volts just sitting in the hot shoe.
i've got 100 volts sitting in my hot shoe, lmao!