I have a Nikon d810 in a Nauticam housing wired for Ikelite TTL. I have 2 Ikelite DS-125s (serial #s around 15,000 but they were bought around 2009 and never sent in for any upgrades). Also they are connected via Ikelite sync cord and Ikelite's Nikon TTL adaptor (old version, but supposedly should work as long as I don't go below ISO 100).
So shooting in Manual mode and with strobes/camera set to TTL, all my photos have a really bright light on the Left side, and super dark right side. Seems like only Left strobe is firing. But when I test on land, both fire when strobes set to TTL. When I set strobes to manual (on land) the left one fires half the time (it is taking longer to recycle). Tried switching battery packs between strobes and also wires, still the same strobe is slower/doesn't fire sometimes.
The weirdest part is the fact that it seems like the right one is NOT firing underwater on TTL....but on land both fire when set to TTL. And on manual it's the left one that has issues!
I am so confused. Thoughts? Is it just time to upgrade to DS-160 or 161s? If I do that, do I need to upgrade the wiring too - because that adds more to what is already an expensive proposition. I'd like to get this figured out ASAP b/c I have a trip in a couple weeks - meaning I probably don't have time to send everything in to Ikelite and get it checked out
M.
So shooting in Manual mode and with strobes/camera set to TTL, all my photos have a really bright light on the Left side, and super dark right side. Seems like only Left strobe is firing. But when I test on land, both fire when strobes set to TTL. When I set strobes to manual (on land) the left one fires half the time (it is taking longer to recycle). Tried switching battery packs between strobes and also wires, still the same strobe is slower/doesn't fire sometimes.
The weirdest part is the fact that it seems like the right one is NOT firing underwater on TTL....but on land both fire when set to TTL. And on manual it's the left one that has issues!
I am so confused. Thoughts? Is it just time to upgrade to DS-160 or 161s? If I do that, do I need to upgrade the wiring too - because that adds more to what is already an expensive proposition. I'd like to get this figured out ASAP b/c I have a trip in a couple weeks - meaning I probably don't have time to send everything in to Ikelite and get it checked out
M.
