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Offline c_joerg

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hot shoe switch
« on: 02 / November / 2020, 07:51:34 »
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Is there a way to switch the middle contact in the hot shoe independently of a recording?

I don't mean the switch for detecting whether there is a flash in the hot shoe.
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Re: hot shoe switch
« Reply #1 on: 02 / November / 2020, 15:10:55 »
Is there a way to switch the middle contact in the hot shoe independently of a recording?
I'm not aware of this being reverse engineered, but I would strongly suspect that it's software controlled using a GPIO.
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Re: hot shoe switch
« Reply #2 on: 04 / November / 2020, 09:40:39 »
I'm still looking for a way to turn off a plant lamp while shooting. Unfortunately, the lamp is very sluggish so that I cannot switch it off directly via the flash shoe. The HDMI output cannot be switched on my cameras either.
I am now thinking about an optical switch via a focus lamp.
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Re: hot shoe switch
« Reply #3 on: 05 / November / 2020, 15:07:19 »
CanĀ“t get it sorted, T70 still not ported?!  :haha
I am now thinking about an optical switch via a focus lamp.
I think, a fitting cable could pass even motion detection to trigger a DLSR, ML or analog...
Edit: A Convincing solution: https://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=14200.msg144862#msg144862  8)
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Offline c_joerg

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Re: hot shoe switch
« Reply #4 on: 05 / November / 2020, 15:21:05 »
I think, a fitting cable could pass even motion detection to trigger a DLSR, ML or analog...

I don't  understrand you....
I want to switch an external device and not the camera.
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