Help, Strobe Isn't Firing!

[Laurie S.]

I have a new camera system that I'm using for the first time. I have a Canon 70D in a Nauticam housing with my old Inon 2000D strobe that I used to use with my G-11 in an Ikelite case. I have the correct sync cord for the housing and strobe, but I can't get the flash to fire when I click the shutter. The strobe is on and the focus light is working, but it will not flash. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Littlerayray]

Disconnect the strobe front the camera and connect the sync housing take a picture with of the strobe with the sync housing attached if you see the flash in the picture it is synced

Change the batteries in the strobe

Remove the sync housing and make sure that the fiber optic cable is not obstructed and is mounted correctly

 

[JahJahwarrior]

that is fiber optic right? Is the flash on the camera itself firing? Does it pre flash and the old one didnt, or vice versa?

If I'm wrong and it's electrical cable, follow manufacturer instructions for triggering test by connecting pins on the cable separate from the housing.

 

[Laurie S.]

It's a fiber optic cable. The flash works on the camera, but it's a popup and can't be open when it's in the Nauticam housing. I'm wondering if I'm missing a connection for the inside of the housing to the hot shoe.

 

[Littlerayray]

I would contact the manufacturer not sure how that's gonna work

 

[bvanant]

I am confused. Is it or is it not a fiber cable. You say its a fiber cable but that the flash can't go up. Nauticam certainly thinks that the fiber optic route works.
Bill

 

[KeithG]

It's a fiber optic cable. The flash works on the camera, but it's a popup and can't be open when it's in the Nauticam housing. I'm wondering if I'm missing a connection for the inside of the housing to the hot shoe.

fibre cables simply transfer light from from a master flash (your camera) to a slave flash (your inon strobe)
this means you need a flash inside the housing. this can be either an onboard camera flash or an optical trigger device that plugs into the hotshoe. opitcal trigger devices are used for cameras that do not have an onboard flash.

in your case the housing is designed to use the onboard popup flash (see page 6 of the manual).

some housings make it tricky to get the flash open. are you trying to install the camera with the flash already open OR are you trying to open the flash after the camera is installed?

 

[James R]

Yes this above ^^

You need to put the camera in the housing with the flash down, then press the button on the housing to pop it up once the camera is secure in the housing.

 

[Laurie S.]

Yes, I finally figured that out on the third day. LOL Got some great shots, even without the strobe flash and even better ones once I had it working.

 

[James R]

I had a lower-cost FO cable pinched in the Maldives last year, and couldn't figure out why my right strobe would only fire 1/2 the time...I have replaced them with Nauticam cables, which are far better, and kept my cheaper ones for spares (not the pinched one haha).