RazorbackSam Senior Member 353 posts Joined Mar 2010 Location: Arkansas More info | Aug 18, 2014 21:41 | #1 Okay... so I picked up a 600EX-RT to replace my stolen 580EXII... [Canon 7D | 24-70mm 2.8 L | 70-200mm 2.8 IS L | 18-135 3.5~5.6 IS | 28mm 1.8 | 50mm 1.8 | Manfrotto 055XPROB Legs - 222 Head | Manfrotto 060B MonoPod
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Echo63 Goldmember  2,868 posts Likes: 169 Joined Aug 2006 Location: Perth - Western Australia - Earth More info | Aug 18, 2014 21:45 | #2 Is the cold shoe metal and touching the pins on the bottom of the flash or PW ? My Best Imageswww.echo63.deviantart.com
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Aug 18, 2014 21:47 | #3 yes.. the cold shoe is metal... do I need some gaffers tape on the shoe? [Canon 7D | 24-70mm 2.8 L | 70-200mm 2.8 IS L | 18-135 3.5~5.6 IS | 28mm 1.8 | 50mm 1.8 | Manfrotto 055XPROB Legs - 222 Head | Manfrotto 060B MonoPod
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Aug 18, 2014 21:47 | #4 the 580EXII never had issues with the same setup [Canon 7D | 24-70mm 2.8 L | 70-200mm 2.8 IS L | 18-135 3.5~5.6 IS | 28mm 1.8 | 50mm 1.8 | Manfrotto 055XPROB Legs - 222 Head | Manfrotto 060B MonoPod
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Echo63 Goldmember 2,868 posts Likes: 169 Joined Aug 2006 Location: Perth - Western Australia - Earth More info | Aug 18, 2014 23:23 | #5 RazorbackSam wrote in post #17104464  yes.. the cold shoe is metal... do I need some gaffers tape on the shoe? Give it a try - it may be causing an issue. My Best Imageswww.echo63.deviantart.com
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TheLoftStudios Goldmember 1,072 posts Likes: 9 Joined Oct 2009 Location: Houston, Texas More info | Aug 18, 2014 23:24 | #6 RazorbackSam wrote in post #17104446 Okay... so I picked up a 600EX-RT to replace my stolen 580EXII... ran into a problem with triggering the 600 with my PW Plus X... it works perfectly as long as the speedlight is not mounted in my "cold shoe" umbrella mount. But as soon as I slide it into the "cold shoe" it won't trigger at all. Ideas? it was in M mode. When you have a metal cold shoe, if the pins from the speedlite touches any part of the cold shoe, you will sometime experience flash problems. Simply tape the base of the cold shoe with some black electrical tape and you'll be fine...... MARK
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Aug 19, 2014 08:18 | #7 thanks echo and Loft... appreciate your input. I'll give that a try. it's just strange that the 580 never had the issue. [Canon 7D | 24-70mm 2.8 L | 70-200mm 2.8 IS L | 18-135 3.5~5.6 IS | 28mm 1.8 | 50mm 1.8 | Manfrotto 055XPROB Legs - 222 Head | Manfrotto 060B MonoPod
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draderusa Senior Member  317 posts Likes: 6 Joined Dec 2012 Location: Missouri, US More info | Aug 19, 2014 08:30 | #8 RazorbackSam wrote in post #17105105 thanks echo and Loft... appreciate your input. I'll give that a try. it's just strange that the 580 never had the issue. The pins on your 580 may have been just enough shorter than those of your 600 so that they didn't touch. As the old saying goes: A miss is as good as a mile. Dave
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TheLoftStudios Goldmember 1,072 posts Likes: 9 Joined Oct 2009 Location: Houston, Texas More info | Aug 19, 2014 20:28 | #9 RazorbackSam wrote in post #17105105 thanks echo and Loft... appreciate your input. I'll give that a try. it's just strange that the 580 never had the issue. I had issues with metal shoes with my 550EX's years and years ago but never had issues with my 580EX's, 580EXII's or 600EX's..... Go figure! MARK
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That said, I run my 600's mounted in Stroboframe and Phottix metal cold shoes all the time and don't have any issues with the pins contacting the shoe.