Hot shoe "cover up" for Canon DSLRs?

[Todd_H]

Does anyone make a hot shoe cover/protector for Canon DSLRs? It seems like there should be something there rather than having those contacts exposed all the time.

[MarkBarbieri]

You could stick a flash on them. Or a GPS (http://www.cameratown.com/news/news.cfm/hurl/id%7C3758). Or a bubble level (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/263729-REG/Bogen_Manfrotto_337_337_Flash_Hot_Shoe.html).

I see that Nikon and Pentax (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?shs=hotshoe+cover&ci=0&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=product.jsp&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t) make them. I've never seen one. What's the purpose? Sounds like one more little thing for me to lose.

[handicap18]

One came with my Nikon. I took it off to use the flash and haven't put it back on since. That was almost 2 years ago. I don't keep the flash on the camera all the time either. So when the flash is off it is "exposed". I guess I'm with Mark, "Sounds like one more little thing for me to lose." I don't even know where the cover is now, so I've already lost it.

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I don't know how I've managed to keep the hot shoe cover on mine as long as I have, but when I lose it I won't really care.