Calling all D90 + Aquatica housing + Inon Z240 users....

[drpepper]

Please help - I am absolutely pulling my hair out with this.

I bought the above setup just before Christmas, took it on holiday and it didn't work. More specifically, the strobe didn't work. The initial problems are documented elsewhere (http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/strobes-lighting/364208-inon-z240-firing-continuously-help.html) and bizarrely, seem to have resolved spontaneously in the last 30 mins.

Now, however, I'm having trouble getting TTL to work - the strobe just seems to fire on max all of the time. It doesn't help that there's no English Z240 manual available.

Currently I've got the strobe set to STTL-low on the left dial, and TTL (9 o'clock) on the right dial. I've tried with the cancel circuit up and down - no difference. Half of the problem is I've never seen it function correctly.

So, questions:
1. What settings are people using to get TTL from the strobe?
2. The flash on the camera still pops up even when the strobe is connected - is this right?
3. Should the green "Auto OK" light come on, on the strobe. If so, when? Mine seems to come on intermittently.

Many thanks in advance,

Tom

 

[davelew]

What type of sync cord are you using? Electrical or fiberoptic?

 

[drpepper]

Electrical - Sea&Sea - unfortunately, you can't to my knowledge use a fibreoptic cord with the Aquatica.

 

[mjh]

Hmmm, just got a pair of Z240s to use with my D7000. There are two English manuals, one for "Basic Use" and one for "Advance" I can try seeing if I can find the relevant pages and get back to you.

Did not check other thread but have you made the strobes work properly just shooting them in manual mode?

 

[drpepper]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the replies. I've also been in touch with Jean from Aquatica who's been very helpful. He's highlighted a slight technical hitch in my setup - the fact that I don't have a TTL converter! No wonder I was struggling...

So no more replies required at this stage - thanks very much for the input.

Best wishes,

Tom