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  • The camera shoots in RAW format, can fire off 8 frame-per-second bursts for 8 shots, has a hot-shoe for an external flash, and can capture 1080i HD-resolution video.

    CES 2011: Fujifilm debuts low-priced point-and-shoots with GPS and RAW 2011

  • Also, there's no built-in flash — a hot-shoe mount accepts a range of external flashes, including smaller models from Samsung.

    The New Faux Pros Erik Sofge 2010

  • They have many buttons and controls, and have some options that few point-and-shoots have, such as a hot-shoe for attaching an external flash.

    Superzooms slim down or bulk up 2009

  • They have many buttons and controls, and have some options that few point-and-shoots have, such as a hot-shoe for attaching an external flash.

    Superzooms slim down or bulk up 2009

  • This means that using a pc-sync cable connected to a hot-shoe adapter or any other kind of remote non-TTL triggering most radio triggers? is next to impossible as you have to wake up the flash and then fire off the shot before your five seconds are up.

    Manual Flashes: Two Debuts and an Adoption 2009

  • You can get a viewfinder accessory if you buy the E-P1 with the 17mm fixed lens, but it appears you have to slide it into the hot-shoe, which means you'll be unable to use an external flash.

    Olympus unveils E-P1 digital SLR-like camera 2009

  • You can get a viewfinder accessory if you buy the E-P1 with the 17mm fixed lens, but it appears you have to slide it into the hot-shoe, which means you'll be unable to use an external flash.

    Olympus unveils E-P1 digital SLR-like camera 2009

  • It also has other key features that can be very useful for more advanced shooters: wide-angle capability, a swiveling LCD, and a hot-shoe for an external strobe.

    Get in the picture with this superzoom digital camera 2009

  • It also has other key features that can be very useful for more advanced shooters: wide-angle capability, a swiveling LCD, and a hot-shoe for an external strobe.

    Get in the picture with this superzoom digital camera 2009

  • The Olympus E-P1 micro four-thirds camera is seen here with an optical viewfinder mounted on the camera's hot-shoe, where an external flash would normally be used and a 17-mm lens.

    Olympus unveils E-P1 digital SLR-like camera 2009

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