The hot shoe on my Xt-2 is coming off. It fell off on my xt-1. More specifically the rails that hold the flash onto the camera seems to be the problem. They seem to be a bit flimsy. This would cause the flash to lift up on one side and lose contact. I noticed a wobbling of the flash when I would bring the camera to my face and then down to my side and then back up again for the next shot. The action would cause the flash to short and change modes all by itself (form manual to multi or ttl). One time, the short cause the camera to turn off. Now, it's back to service for a $325 repair (they just replace the top plate).
This is the second time the hot shoe mount on an XT camera has come off and I am wondering if the XT cameras (and now the H1 camera) are robust enough for a year's worth of event photography. Maybe I shouldn't put such big flashed on my camera, like the SB800 or the new Godox lithium flash? They seem to torque the hell out of the hot shoe mount. I never had a problem with the rails of the hot shoe mount coming off, in my years of working with Nikon cameras.
