hi, i need to get a flash for my pentax k10d to do some macro photography and was thinking of a regular pentax af360fgz flash and it occurred to me that i also need a strobe for my two ikelite housings for underwater work i have both an oly 8080 and 5050 and housings. could i buy a strobe for these lets say the ikelite ds51 and somehow use it as a regular flash for my K10d. i have the tray and arm for the housings already which i can use with the dslr.
the way i would hope it would work is that there is a wire in the housing that connects the hotshoe of the olympus to the housing bulkhead, now if i remove this from the housing or preferably buy a spare wire, could i connect the sync cord of the ds51 to this and thus to the hotshoe so that the TTL works? i just realised that the hotshoe for the k10d is different to the cable in the housing is there any other way or am i stuck to buying separate flashes for both underwater and ground lighting? thanks - ed
the way i would hope it would work is that there is a wire in the housing that connects the hotshoe of the olympus to the housing bulkhead, now if i remove this from the housing or preferably buy a spare wire, could i connect the sync cord of the ds51 to this and thus to the hotshoe so that the TTL works? i just realised that the hotshoe for the k10d is different to the cable in the housing is there any other way or am i stuck to buying separate flashes for both underwater and ground lighting? thanks - ed