Leica R8 and Wireless Flash Trigger

[logan.egbert]

I just snagged an R8 from B&H and while I'm primarily planning on using it for portraits of my son (arriving in October) I also wanted to have the option of bringing it into the studio. Problem is, I can't get it to fire a trigger from the hotshoe.

Does anyone know if there is any reason why the hotshoe on an R8 would not fire a wireless trigger? I have an Orlit and a Flashpoint trigger and the hotshoe will not fire either of them. Maybe because they're both designed for Sony cameras, but that never stopped them from working with my old Hasselblad H2.

I still have a week or so to return the camera and find another if it's just a matter of the hotshoe being broken.

 

[logan.egbert]

Also just tried an old manual flash on top of it, also no dice. Looks like the hotshoe might be broken