Squirrel Girl
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BTW, I was going to link to a couple of pics, but the website won't let me until I have 5 posts. 
Understandable, but frustrating!
Understandable, but frustrating!
Strobe for Canon G11 with Canon WP-DC34 housing
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Wisnu
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I have Epoque ES230DS, the big brother; I bought it c/w 10 bar flex arm tray and FO cable for just slightly above 300 bucks. I use this strobe with my Oly SP-350
Although Epoque claim the strobe is GN23 (or GN20?), but It produce narrow beam - so the supplied difuser must be used all the time which certainly reduce the GN; though I have no idea the actual GN with the diffuser but enough to light up to 1.5 m at iso 200 f5.6 1/100. No complain since most of the time I shoot macro, For a strobe w/ 2 AA battery, the cycle time is not too bad.
No TTL, though not very important as I shoot always in manual. But, I don't like its small manual power controller; not convenience to use.
In other hand, I also have Inon D-2000 type 3 for my G9. Very compact and well made strobe; good quality product. The diffuser must be purchased separately - it reduce the power 0.5 fstop only.
If you can afford, go with Inon D-2000. The sTTL is accurate although I never use it.
Both produce good results - at least to my standard.
I took this picture taken with Oly SP-350 and Epoque ES230 DS.
My daughter took the same nudi with G9 and Inon D2000 type 3.
coralcruiser
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For what it's worth.... I am using the Inon S-2000 with a G10 and the recycle time for the strobe is faster than that of the camera!
I was looking for a strobe on the cheap to use with my housed canon point and shooot and ended up with the Intova ISS-2000. I couldn't find much in the way of pictures/reviews so I put some test shots up showing the strobes power (lack of?). 20' shot of ISS-2000 at full power, 1/500 shutter with histogram.
err, can't post URLs huh, ok well if you google "intova strobe a720 canon" the first link (blogspot) is it.
err, can't post URLs huh, ok well if you google "intova strobe a720 canon" the first link (blogspot) is it.
Squirrel Girl
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Fantastic pics, Wisnu! 
benpopik
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This thread was incredibly helpful--thanks so much to everyone who contributed.
After reading this thread and comparing a bunch of the strobes using the web app (thanks for that--very helpful), I think I'm going to buy the Inon S-2000 to pair with my G11 and Canon housing.
Is there a relatively inexpensive tray/arm/ball combo or kit that you gurus recommend?
Thanks again!
After reading this thread and comparing a bunch of the strobes using the web app (thanks for that--very helpful), I think I'm going to buy the Inon S-2000 to pair with my G11 and Canon housing.
Is there a relatively inexpensive tray/arm/ball combo or kit that you gurus recommend?
Thanks again!
coralcruiser
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Squirrel Girl
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I wound up ordering a YS27-DX, but haven't gotten it yet, nor taken it on my trip.
On another bright note, I understand Jill Heinerth's book on U/W Digital Photography will be out in a couple weeks!!
On another bright note, I understand Jill Heinerth's book on U/W Digital Photography will be out in a couple weeks!!
Ben,
Being that you have a quality camera, and are buying a very quality set of strobes, Id do it right and get the ULCS arms, tray and handle. These are very versatile and will last years...they grow with you and can be used for nearly any system. ULCS is original, the others are copies
Being that you have a quality camera, and are buying a very quality set of strobes, Id do it right and get the ULCS arms, tray and handle. These are very versatile and will last years...they grow with you and can be used for nearly any system. ULCS is original, the others are copies
No strobe will work effectively at 20 feet distance. Effective strobe range is usually just a few feet, that is why wide angle capability is so important.
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