Hot shoe triggerable focusing light for photography

A hot shoe triggerable focusing light accessory for a camera, comprising:

• a camera with a first hot shoe having at least first and second electrical conduits, wherein said first and said second conduits are electrically connected together when said camera is actuated,
• a second hot shoe that is mechanically engaged with and electrically connected to said first hot shoe, wherein said first and said second electrical conduits on said first and said second hot shoes are electrically connected to said first and said second electrical conduits on said first hot shoe, and wherein said second hot shoe further includes a normally-unlit pulsed light source that is contained in a housing and that emits light when said first and said second hot shoes are actuated by said camera,
• a normally-lit continuous light source having an actuating circuit that is electrically connected to said first and said second electrical conduits on said first and said second hot shoes, wherein said actuating circuit causes said continuous light source to cease emitting light when said first hot shoe is actuated by said camera,
• wherein said continuous light source comprises a light source selected from the group consisting of light-emitting diodes, incandescent light sources, and electrical discharge light sources,
• further including a first delay circuit that delays emission of light from said continuous light source for a predetermined period of time after said pulsed light source has been actuated,
• further including a second delay circuit in series with at least one of said first and said second electrical conduits between said first and said second hot shoes,
• whereby when said first and said second conduits of said first hot shoe are electrically connected together when said camera is actuated, said pulsed light source is arranged to emit light after a time delay introduced by said second delay circuit,
• whereby when said camera is actuated, said continuous light source ceases to emit light and said pulsed light source emits light.

A system for recordation of an image, comprising:

• a first hot shoe on a camera having at least first and second electrical conduits that are briefly connected together when said camera is activated and actuated,
• a second hot shoe on a pulsed light source having at least first and second electrical conduits that are connected to said first and said second electrical conduits of said first hot shoe of said camera, wherein when said pulsed light source is energized, a potential difference between said two electrical conduits has a first predetermined value when said camera is activated but not actuated, and a second predetermined value when said camera is activated and actuated, wherein when said camera is actuated said second predetermined value of said potential is present between said two electrical conduits, said pulsed light source is activated and briefly emits light,
• a continuous light source selected from the group consisting of light-emitting diodes, incandescent light sources, and electrical discharge light sources, wherein said continuous light source further includes first and second electrical conduits that are connected to said first and said second electrical conduits of said first hot shoe on said camera and said first and said second electrical conduits of said pulsed light source, wherein when said second predetermined value of said potential is present between said two electrical conduits, said continuous light source is actuated and ceases emitting light,
• wherein said system for recordation of an image further includes a delay circuit with a predetermined delay time that is inserted in series with at least one of said electrical conduits between said first hot shoe on said camera and said second hot shoe on said pulsed light source, whereby when said hot shoe on said camera is actuated, said pulsed light source is actuated after said delay time,
• whereby said continuous light source is extinguished while said pulsed light source emits light.