Smallest camera with hotshoe?

Shay Stephens · April 21, 2005

Anyone have an idea of what the smallest camera with a hotshoe is? My initial thought is the Sony V1. I have used it before, and it is small, but I am hoping for even smaller. Any ideas?

robscomputer · April 21, 2005

My Canon G3 with 420EX is pretty small, just about any smaller and the camera would be too hard to balance with the flash. If I remember the G6 is smaller than than the G3 and might be a good balance between small size and features.

I briefly held the V1 at the local store but don't recall just how big it's compared to the G6.

Rob

Shay Stephens · April 21, 2005

Ya, I am going for small, really small. My idea is that the camera would only be using a PocketWizard transmitter on the hotshoe. So the smaller the camera can be the better.

robscomputer wrote:

My Canon G3 with 420EX is pretty small, just about any smaller and the camera would be too hard to balance with the flash. If I remember the G6 is smaller than than the G3 and might be a good balance between small size and features.

I briefly held the V1 at the local store but don't recall just how big it's compared to the G6.

Rob

gus · April 22, 2005

Olympus c-5050 has a hot shoe but not sure if its small enough. I used to put it in my coat pocket

luckyrwe · April 23, 2005

I used to have a Minox with a hotshoe adapter...

Jekyll & Hyde · April 25, 2005

J: Interesting request.

H: So you aren't actually going to be taking the pictures with this camera?

J: Using it to trigger a remote camera and/or lighting perhaps?

H: Does your radio trigger have a "test" button?

J: Or am I reading too much into this?

H: Have you considered using a "digital" optical slave to trigger the radio remote? If you redirect the camera's flash to the optical slave, you can then use your camera of choice (perhaps a tiny Sony T7).

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=263024&is=REG

Ya got me wonderin'
J&H

Smallest camera with hotshoe?

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