Sp-350 / SB-105 / HeinrichsWeikamp Convertor

[jamiep3]

Was thinking I would have to buy a new strobe for my SP-350, but according to the HeinrichsWeikamp website, their Nikonos Bulkhead and Olympus convertor will let me use my SB-105 in TTL mode. I will still probably end up buying a strobe down the road with a built in focus light, but thought this might be a good fix for the near term, plus having the bulkhead will give me a lot more options. Have heard there are problems using this camera with TTL/S strobes.

Was wondering if anybody else has this combo and what their expereinces where.

 

[Ian H]

I used a Heinrichs adaptor with an SP350, connected to a Subtronic flash (Nikonos protocol) and it generally worked fine, so should work with the SB105 the same. Did tend to overexpose close shots but that may be because my flash has a very fast discharge and I think the SP350 couldn't quench it fast enough - I've since used the adaptor and flash with an E410 without this problem. The 105 has a much slower discharge so may be better suited to the SP350.

One point is that the flash sync speed on the SP350 is very slow (1/30s) so you may get movement in your shots if you're not on manual. But you will have this problem with this camera with any flash.

HTH