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idocsteve
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I'm posting this from my room in All West Apartments in Curacao...we're on day 2 over here and besides the usual post dive headaches that have been plaguing me as of late, the diving is terrific.
However my pictures aren't going to be all that great because my BRAND NEW Sealife Universal Strobe isn't working properly. It worked before we came down here, and it worked at the start of the first dive yesterday, today it was DEAD.
I opened it up post dive, put in a brand new pair of (tested) AA batteries, and NOTHING. I left it open, thinking that perhaps moisture was trapped inside, and an hour or two later I turned it on...and Viola! The whine of the strobe was heard, and it fired when I pressed the shutter on my Nikon Coolpix camera that has the fiber optic cable running from housing to strobe.
However, the "Test" button does nothing, that button didn't work when I unpacked it either...and I'm just hoping for better luck tomorrow.
If a Sealife representative reads this please tell me if there's anything I can do about this problem or if service might be available in Curacao.
Thank you.
Edited to add: I just checked it again and now the "Test" function works properly as well. Go figure.
At least I'll have some great pictures of the mirror in the second bedroom.
However my pictures aren't going to be all that great because my BRAND NEW Sealife Universal Strobe isn't working properly. It worked before we came down here, and it worked at the start of the first dive yesterday, today it was DEAD.
I opened it up post dive, put in a brand new pair of (tested) AA batteries, and NOTHING. I left it open, thinking that perhaps moisture was trapped inside, and an hour or two later I turned it on...and Viola! The whine of the strobe was heard, and it fired when I pressed the shutter on my Nikon Coolpix camera that has the fiber optic cable running from housing to strobe.
However, the "Test" button does nothing, that button didn't work when I unpacked it either...and I'm just hoping for better luck tomorrow.
If a Sealife representative reads this please tell me if there's anything I can do about this problem or if service might be available in Curacao.
Thank you.
Edited to add: I just checked it again and now the "Test" function works properly as well. Go figure.
At least I'll have some great pictures of the mirror in the second bedroom.