Strobe suggestions - what to buy for use with Canon DSLR?

[MermaidLaura]

Can anyone advise what strobe would work best with a canon 600D in Sea and Sea housing? I want to be able to use the optic fibre to connect strobe to housing.

Would prefer the TTL option.

I am not willing to consider the YS-D1 strobe as I am returning mine as it is the 3rd faulty one I have received and have had enough.

The photos I take are mainly macro in bad (green water) visibility and then wide angle when I travel to the Red Sea and Mozambique each year.

I have a focus light so a spotting/modelling light in the strobe is not important.

Thank you!

 

[PatW]

I use Ikelite DS125 and DS160. The DS 51 work fine for macro. These are good strobes but they are pretty large and can be a bit clunky. Now, I have not found TTL to be worth using. The reason for this is there are plenty of circumstances where TTL just will not work. Also, I find in most situations, I can dial in at a certain F stop, shutter speed, iso and power setting on my strobes pretty quickly. I will increase the power on long shots and reduce it for close ups.

You could well find more suitable strobes. As I said, the IKE strobes are pretty big.

 

[dpaustex]

I use twin Ikelite DS160's.

I have to disagree with you using a fiberoptic pickup, instead of hard wiring to your flashes. The above flashes would be hard-wired to your port, with a dual sync cable. If you want TTL, this is the only way to do it (in lieu of a "slave" controller), otherwise your in-camera flash will fire, too.

I also have two DS51's on a smaller rig. For macro, these would also work just fine (PM me if you're interested in purchasing, as I don't use them much).

You will also need some arms to mount the flashes on. Ikelite makes a nice system for that, or you can use LocLine's (but not on big flash units - they won't hold)>

 

[charlesml3]

The Ikelite DS-160/161 is a really good strobe. Not cheap but they are really outstanding. I sucked it up and bought the DS-161 in case I ever did get into video. It does both.

-Charles

 

[James R]

Inon D-2000.

 

[Interceptor121]

Inon Z240 is versatile has both wired and optical and does not break the bank