What Is a Cold Boot?

The cold boot is a direct translation from English "Cold Shoe", and some people call it a dovetail slot.

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The cold boot is a direct translation from English "Cold Shoe", and some people call it a dovetail slot.

[Boots] for cold boots and hot boots are all relative to flash. In foreign languages, cold means non-conductive, and hot means conductive.

The cold shoe has the ability to allow the lamp foot to be inserted, but does not perform information interaction and signal transmission. For example, some plastic bases for flashes are cold boots.

The hot shoe is capable of allowing the lamp pin to be inserted, and allowing the flashing lamp to communicate and communicate with external devices through it. Those with contacts on the camera that can be inserted into the flash are called hot shoes. ^[1]