It’s kind of a potluck Thursday here in the web department that I call home, and I’m not quite ready to smack out the next bokeh post, so I’m going to goof off today and mostly just point out a few odds and ends things I’ve seen kicking around the dusty corners of our site that interest me.

First up is this clever hackjob, the CMS-FLAT (catchy name, right?) by DM Accessories. So, here’s the skinny, some new Canon Camcorders (the HF10 and HF100) started using a new type of hotshoe, the “Mini Advanaced.” This is particularly frustrating for a lot of filmers since, y’know, it doesn’t let them mount their old lights on some pretty stellar new camcorders. So, here we go, clever solutions at work. These jobbies slide into the Mini Advanced hotshoe and give you a universal coldshoe. Bada-bing.

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