Im after a Double Hot Shoe Adapter

Im looking for something like the image below, anyone got any ideas?

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Well looking at the image the hotshoes are to close together but is that a photoshop job you made or is it an old model.

Otherwise I have never heard of such an item.

BradT0517 wrote in post #2709884
Well looking at the image the hotshoes are to close together but is that a photoshop job you made or is it an old model.

Otherwise I have never heard of such an item.

There are all sorts of camera devices and accessories that clip to a camera mounted shoe, that are not flash units, where the spacing of the depicted device would be just dandy.

My guess is the depicted device is designed for mounting one flash (one of the shoes has contacts, so is a "hotshoe", the other one is just a "shoe" as there are no contacts), and another, non flash device. The second shoe is likely designed for an accessory, such as an accessory viewfinder for a wide angle lens (as is common fare with many rangefinder cameras).

I personally have a nice Koni Omega 6 X 7 cm rangefinder camera that has three shoes on top of the camera (none are "hotshoes").

Limiting ones view to Canon DSLR fare can sometimes limit accommodating possibilities.

Enjoy! Lon

Tell us more about what you want to accomplish, besides trying to fire two flash units at once. What kinds of flash units do you want to use (make, model), in what situations/locations do you want to use it?

There are probably more practical alternatives. Your camera's hotshoe was designed to handle only so much weight, and hanging two flash units on it could cause more stress than it was designed for.

I basically want to use my 580ex Flash on a ETTL cable hand held so i can move it around the camera. However when i want to just have the flash gun in its normal position put it on top of the camera, still connected via the cable for ease of access when i want to use it hand held! Hope that makes sense!

The above images is from a Bronica sp? Cheers

Thanks, Will.
I think I understand your goal.
I don't know of any hardware designed for that purpose, though I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to make a small flash bracket that would work.

I have often wondered why they don't make a hot shoe cord that has an extra shoe on top of the part that attaches to the camera, so you could mount your flash a bracket attached to cord, and place a 2nd flash or other device on your camera.

Big WIll wrote in post #2712041
I basically want to use my 580ex Flash on a ETTL cable hand held so i can move it around the camera. However when i want to just have the flash gun in its normal position put it on top of the camera, still connected via the cable for ease of access when i want to use it hand held! Hope that makes sense!

The above images is from a Bronica sp? Cheers

I think most of the dedicated ETTL cords have a 1/4-20 screw socket on the adapter bottom. This would make it very easy to attach them to a flat piece of stock and easily cobble what you desire.

Since the device you highlighted above really would not provide ETTL function, I am unsure if it would actually provide any meaningful upside, as you would still need to attach a lot of other devices to it.

I am reasonably sure you will not locate any off the shelf "double" hotshoe adapters that intrinsically have ETTL accommodation. So fabricating one, or paying someone to fabricate one, is likely your only option.

I do not think that that Canon ETTL will allow you to have two active hardwired ETTL flash units.

Enjoy! Lon

Couldn't a flash bracket accomplish that? Just take the extended hot shoe off its hold with the cord attached when hand held?

Big WIll wrote in post #2712041
I basically want to use my 580ex Flash on a ETTL cable hand held so i can move it around the camera. However when i want to just have the flash gun in its normal position put it on top of the camera, still connected via the cable for ease of access when i want to use it hand held! Hope that makes sense!

The above images is from a Bronica sp? Cheers

You have just given me a fantastic idea!

Im having a busy couple of days, but if someone can remind me on sunday via PM, I might be able to come with an idea that works for what your after.

Wahey! I gave someone a 'Fantastic Idea'.

I will have to make an adapter in my free time at college...

sWampy - I agree with you there, however what londuck states about the Ettl not working with two wired flashes guns is interested I will try if Moppie doesn't have this fantastic idea finished!

Moppie i will set my computer Alarm! I'm not sure the time difference between us but should hopefully remind you!

Cheers

Ok, I managed to do a little digging while I waited for the PC to boot up (found a spare 1/2 hour), and it appears putting a cold shoe on top of the Canon Shoe Cord 2, might be very easy.

I'll try and show it with photos etc tomorrow, my day might be quieter than expected.

Big WIll wrote in post #2715194
sWampy - I agree with you there, however what londuck states about the Ettl not working with two wired flashes guns is interested I will try if Moppie doesn't have this fantastic idea finished!
Cheers

Yeah, I don't think you could get ettl to work on both, but the one on top of the hotshoe could be just the center pin, where you could fire something like a vivitar 285 bouncing off the celling, my 550ex attached to the hotshoe cord on my flash bracket mounted up high and to the side, wireless firing my 420ex as a 3rd light source.

Ihave been doing just what is being asked here for some time now: I put both a dedicated, and a non-dedicated hot shoe atop the camera end of the Canon Off Camera Shoe Cord and it works just great (among other mods to this cord like extensions). The attached hot shoe can be used as a "parking spot" for the extension end that is holding a flash unit, or to hold and fire a Pocket wizard.

Michael
www.MichaelBassDesigns​.com

Can you please post your example please jmb4370!