- Oct 30, 1999
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I have a Canon Digital Video camera. It makes an excellent digital still camera too, but there's no flash. I figured a hotshoe flash would work, but I noticed that the hotshoe on the camera is not live. I looked in the manual and found that the hotshoe is used for a light that plugs into the camera and is told by the camera through a wire when to turn on and off for both video and stills.
I'm thinking that this light is proprietary because they only show one model of this light... a VL-10Li. I found that the light is about $100, the battery for the light is about $50 and that battery doesn't use the same charger as the camera so a charger would be another $50.
COME ON!
That's highway robbery!
I think the shape and size of this hotshoe is standard. Where can I get a regular old light for it with a simple on/off switch that will make my stills look better (and don't say duct tape a MagLite to the top). I'm not about to spend 1/3 the price of the camera on a simple freaking light!!!! :| :| :|
I'm thinking that this light is proprietary because they only show one model of this light... a VL-10Li. I found that the light is about $100, the battery for the light is about $50 and that battery doesn't use the same charger as the camera so a charger would be another $50.
COME ON!
That's highway robbery!
I think the shape and size of this hotshoe is standard. Where can I get a regular old light for it with a simple on/off switch that will make my stills look better (and don't say duct tape a MagLite to the top). I'm not about to spend 1/3 the price of the camera on a simple freaking light!!!! :| :| :|