I was in Arles, France, early this month for the international photography festival, the Recontres Internationales de la Photographie. It's always a stimulating experience for me as the festival is heavily into art photography as opposed to photojournalism: I inevitably leave more committed than ever to the power of photography to capture real moments and to address real issues as opposed to those created for the camera.

But that's not why I'm writing. While I was at the festival, I was eager to show off the Lightscoop to a young photographer with a Canon 350, the European equivalent of the Rebel XT. I popped up the flash on her camera, proudly snapped the Lightscoop into place, and fired — only the flash didn't fire!

I double-checked.

Yes, I was using the model we'd designed for and tested successfully on the Rebel XT! It's true that I'd never tested the 350, but I'd been told they were the same only with different names for different markets.

But the hot shoes are, in fact, ever so slightly different. HOWEVER, I found that by ever so slightly backing the foot of the Lightscoop out of the hot shoe that the flash did fire, and all was right with the world. The Lightscoop remained stable for shooting although not pushed completely forward into the hot shoe.

Betsy and I then hot-footed it over to FNAC, a large electronics chain, where the salesman let us test a Canon 400 (Rebel XTi). Same issue, same solution.

I plan to refine the foot for these cameras, but the good news for now is that the C2 Lightscoops can still work with these camera models.