S&S YS-60 + Canon G10... how to work? help

[sogig]

hi there,

My friend just gave me a S&S YS-60 (with TTL I think, actually I have no idea what is that), and I have a G10 with the original underwater case... is there any accessory I need to make this work... appranently the stricbe light doesn't go with the G10 original case

many thanks

Lawrence

 

[Warmwater Wank]

Lawrence--Thats a tough one. The YS-60 looks to be cable (wire) fired only, so a fiber optic cable won't work and the Canon housing has no port for a wire cable connection. You could hang on to the YS-60 and make use of it as a 2d strobe, running a wire cable from a slaved strobe (like the YS110A, DX-27 etc)to the YS-60--but chances are you aren't into a 2 strobe setup at this point? Selling the YS-60 and going w/ an optically fired strobe (that is triggered via fiber optic) is another possibility. In above water strobes you used to be able to get a slave/hot shoe adapter that was triggered by another flash and sent a signal (via wire and/or hot shoe) to fire a non-slaved strobe. Not at all sure if someone makes such a thing for UW work though. // ww

 

[Larry C]

Heinrichs-Weikamp Optical Digital Adapter for Sea & Sea 4 pin [hw.da.o.s] - $159.00 : Reef Photo & Video!, The Underwater Photo Pros

Might cost more than your strobe is worth, but it will work. You'll probably also need a sync cord if you don't already have one with the strobe. It comes in 4 pin for Sea & Sea cord or 5 pin for Nikonos type cord-different model.

 

[sogig]

thanks guys, it seems I need to return the YS-60 to my friend and get an new strobe ....

 

[Larry C]

It's your lucky day! Look in the Classified thread.
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/cl...inrich-weikamp-adapter-nikonos-strobes-2.html

 

[lerroy]

Cable will be fine for matched houseing

however there is no way to attach this to his Canon OEM Houseing...

he will only be able to trigger with a optic cable from his cameras standard flash

best to look at a optic fired strobe 27DX Ion D2000 remora etc...