Strobe for Panasonic Lumix LX3 w/ 10Bar Housing

[flounderer]

In the next few days I will be getting the 10Bar housing for the Lumix LX3. I'm a little confused by the options for connecting strobes. It has a strobe connection port, says it's Nikonos 5 pin bulkhead standard (Olympus protocol) and it is Fiber optic sync capable. I'm looking at Ikelite strobes, hopefully the DS161. I was told Sea&Sea work well but I need something that can go a little deeper. What is the most reliable/easy way to hook a strobe up to this setup? I've been reading but all I'm getting is confused.

Here is the housing
10Bar Housing for Panasonic LX3 Camera -

Thanks,
Pat

 

[tortoise]

Hi. I am also looking at the LX3 10Bar housing, am also confused by the type of strobe that can be linked. I am looking at electrically sync strobe. Care to share your findings? Thanks.

 

[sufur]

im looking at this housing as well. did either of you ever figure this out?

 

[flounderer]

I ended up getting an INON Z240 with a fiber optic sync cable. I got the 24 cm, I wish I would have gotten the longer one but it still works. I'm using it with 6 and 8" arms.

The whole setup is working great. I've been very happy with the performance so far. The housing is very well-built and I find it pretty easy to use underwater even with 5mm gloves. I added a FIX UWL-04 fisheye lense for wreck photography and have been getting good results. So far the whole setup is capable of doing some good work, now I have to learn how to take good pics.

Pat

 

[flounderer]

Here are some pics using the set up on my websites facebook page. The vis has not been the greatest so far this season. I'm really looking forward to what this can do in nice blue water.

wilmingtondiving.com | Facebook

 

[HerraduraDivers]

The Ikelite DS-160/161/200 are excellent strobes but i think that they make most sense using them in TTL mode.
To use them with a Nikonos type bulkhead you will have NO TTL and the correct cable is #4104.31/32 found here:
Ikelite Sync Cords
You may buy the manual controller to fine tune the DS series strobe output:
Manual Strobe Controller

I would suggest to use a optical triggered slave strobe as flounderer uses.
You don't have to hassle around with cables, converters and the Inon D-2000 / Z-240 are very good strobes working in manual, auto and s-ttl.

Chris

 

[sufur]

on the one website i am looking at the 10bar housing has a choice of nikonos 5 pin or subtronic s6 bulkhead which one do i need?

also if one is filming video do you need an additional light that stays on while filming.

 

[HerraduraDivers]

To use the Ikelite SD-Strobes you need the Nikonos 5-Pin bulkhead.
The Ikelite DS-161 has a strong 15 Watt LED focus and "videolight built-in" so this
strobe may be perfect for you. Look here: IKELITE Substrobe DS160 digital

Chris

 

[sufur]

is the nikonos connector the most popular? what do inon and S&S use?

 

[HerraduraDivers]

Yes, it's the most popular.

Inon and Sea and sea use 5-Pin as well and the cable from Nikonos 5-Pin to Inon / S&S is this one:
Sea & Sea 5 Pin Nikonos Sync Cord - Optical Ocean Sales Underwater Photo - 800-359-1295!

Chris