rajohn
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I recently lost my Canon G10 on a night dive in Cozumel (I know, I know, stupid, stupid). I have replaced it with a Canon G11 and the Canon housing. I always wanted a strobe setup for the G10 but fortunately had not purchased it yet. In searching the forums here I ran across several recommendations for the Inon D2000 and the S&S YS-01. I was leaning toward the YS-01 and started researching prices and arms, etc. I checked out the website for OpticalOceanSales.com and ran across the listing for the new S&S YS-02. It seems to have nearly the same specs except for the following "Exposure control: DS-TTL, TTL". The YS-02 does not list this feature that the YS-01 lists. How important is this and should I pay the extra $100 or so for it? I am also confused as to the use of the optical cable needed to fire the strobe. Some posters mention the difficulty of getting it placed just right to insure firing every time. Other posters either praise or discount the led aiming light some strobes have. Some say they are necessary and some say they are not necessary as you don't point the strobe light directly at the subject anyway. I apologize if there is already a post about the YS-02 but I couldn't find one using the search feature. Any comments would be appreciated.