Match technical double shoe adapter

[jkjod]

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As you all probably know, the Voigtlander Double Shoe adapter is now long discontinued. I have noticed that Match Technical produces a version of the double shoe adapter with a thumb grip (CSEP-4S) for digital Ms. The thumb grip seems redundant for film cameras. I recently emailed Mr. Tim Isaac of Match Technical to see if there was any way he could produce a version without the thumb grip portion, specifically geared toward Leica film cameras.

 

Here is the email I received form Mr. Isaac:

 

"Greetings Jordan,

Thanks for taking the time to prepare your message and the links that you sent to me.

 

I have produced a CAD model of a possible double cold shoe arrangement. Your comments are most welcomed.

I regret I cannot post these images on RFF because Mr. Gandy would view this as self-promotion and he would take it down

and probably all of my other posts there as well.

 

However, you may be able to explore the interest level with the attached image.

 

If I can see a reasonable response, I will produce the double cold shoe as you requested.

It is best to work through e-mails. The price will be established once I have a sense of the interest.

 

I look forward to your comments."

 

To be completely transparent, I have absolutely no connection with Mr. Isaac or Match Technical, I was just curious if it was feasible and/or possible to create something like this. As you can see from the attachments, it is possible. But now the question still remains...Is there any interest in something like this? Yes/no? Questions and comments welcome.

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[adan]

I'd love one that is NOT COLD SHOE. Shouldn't be that much more difficult - just needs a metal pass-through for the central hot-shoe contact (for non-ttl flash).

 

Would allow me to use my 21mm lens and finder at the same time as a flash - might need a bit more offset between the shoes to fit the flash and viewfinder side-by-side...

 

More complex would be one that has connections for the three additional ttl flash metering contacts. Would broaden the market - but I could live without it.

[pico]

Andy, I think someone smarter than I could modify the dumb flash shoe to work properly.

[Richardgb]

I think Match Technical puts a locking screw where the centre contact would be, but I can't imagine it would be too difficult to redesign. (The cold shoe was a failing of the Thumbs Up, which I bought for my M9 but never used). A hot shoe without a thumb grip would be very useful for the reasons given.