Name: Adorama Canon Mini Advanced Accessory Shoe to Universal Shoe Adapter (FLAT TYPE) - Black
Brand: Adorama
SKU: VDCMSFLAT
Price: 29.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4 (10 reviews)

Adorama Canon Mini Advanced Accessory Shoe to Universal Shoe Adapter (FLAT TYPE) - Black

Adorama CMSFLAT Canon Mini Advanced Shoe Adaptr, Black

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I bought this adapter for my Canon HF 11. The adapter fit nice and snug on my mini hot shoe. Very well build, sturdy, and made from metal (not plastic like some other adapter) and low profile, so my camera doesn't get top heavy. I use it to mount my wireless receiver for my audio. Overall, I love the fact that this adapter is low profile.

Small accessory with big use!

This small accesory, seems expensive, but it opens a wide variety of accesories to be used in these cameras, so it is worth it. 
For me, it was a little bit difficult to install (Canon HFS10) I had to remove the cover from the camera, but once done, I do not need to remove it and works great for an in camera microphone or light.

makes de canon mini shoe usable!!!

I have the Canon Vixia HF s100 and wanted to upgrade the mic.  I bought the Rode video mic (and it sounds great) from [...]  I pointed me to sights to buy the adapter and Adorama had the best price.  All in all, it's a good buy to upgrade your audio without having to buy an expensive mic system.

Worked perfect and shipped fast.

I got this device only because I had to have it. It was overpriced, Canon should have included this with cam. It does work well.

Just whjat I needed

I used this item for my Canon HG20. It does the job but I thought it a bit pricey for what it does. Not the easiest thing to adjust.

Does The Job

This seems to be the only adapter from Canon's goofy MAS to a standard shoe.  It's overpriced for what you get, and the plastic spacers deform/warp over time, so I find that I need to periodically add another one so that the mic can be tightened appropriately to face forward without swinging loose.  Not sure what I'll do when I work through all the spacers.

Leads by virtue of being the only option

This item was necessary to use other universal accessories. It's light weight and well made also not bulky.

Great product

It works perfect, though it's a little pricey. The mini-shotgun microphone Canon makes for its Vixia cameras that connects with its "Mini Advanced Shoe" is good but I think most people would rather just have a standard "cold shoe" on their camera so they can use a regular microphone, wireless microphone receiver or a light that they probably already own. The adapter functions perfectly, though it does stick out from the top of camera some. It's good to see it's made of metal and not plastic. I keep in on the camera all the time.

Functions Excellent

Yes, this is a little pricey for a simple adapter that you could argue you shouldn't need because of canon design but what's done is done.  It is real metal.  Something you don't see very often these days.  

It fits in to the mini shoe with no problems on my HF11.  It comes with thin spacers so you can tighten fully and have you mic facing forward.  No problems going hand held with a Rode videomic.

Finally something that isn't plastic

This will not clear the sliding cover on the HFS10/HFS100 without disassmebly.  As a result you must disassble/reassemble the unit every time you use it.  Since it is basically some spacers on a stud it is not difficult to do, just a bit of a pain.  It works fine other than that.  

I believe it wpuld be possible to sand a flat on the thick plastic spacer to provide the needed clearance, but I haven't tried it yet.