is this right?

[oversea]

I finally got my housing back from ike with the ttl upgrade for my c5050. I also just got my ds-125 strobe so last night I was playing with it. I turned in the light on the storbe and while in the dark, aimed at the garbage can in the corner and took a few pics. It seemed to come out very dark. SHould it have been a bright picture? I am very new to this especially with the strobe. I am trying to find some optimal settings.
Thanks,
Justin

 

[ReyeR]

I finally got my housing back from ike with the ttl upgrade for my c5050. I also just got my ds-125 strobe so last night I was playing with it. I turned in the light on the storbe and while in the dark, aimed at the garbage can in the corner and took a few pics. It seemed to come out very dark. SHould it have been a bright picture? I am very new to this especially with the strobe. I am trying to find some optimal settings.
Thanks,
Justin

It shouldn't be dark if everything is working and setup ok. You will need to give some more info before anyone can help, like how far were you from the can, what was you camera and strobe settings. Including the picture you took will also help. In fact, take a picture of the subject with just the camera's flash, then one with the camera inside the housing, camera's flash turned off and hooked up to the DS-125.

 

[oversea]

I am going to take a bunch of samples with different settings and then I'll post them for you to see.
Thanks,
Justin

 

[ike]

Check your camera manual about using with the Olympus optional strobe. Procedure is the same with our strobe. Following is suggested basic settings for underwater:

http://www.ikelite.com/web_pages/gide_o5050.html