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alijtaylor
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Hi, I have just bought an Ikelite DS50 substrobe to go with my Canon Power Shot S50, I ended up having to contact Ikelite (via my dealer) to absolutely confirm compatibility - and having gone thru the material I got with it I can only suggest you do the same. It is not clear exactly which models it works with (I presume you mean DS50 not YS50)?
You may need the EV controller - a slave controller - if there is no provision for a synch cord and hence no TTL.. That is the route I went down.
Alison
You may need the EV controller - a slave controller - if there is no provision for a synch cord and hence no TTL.. That is the route I went down.
Alison
The YS50TTL uses an electrical connection and the A70 has nowhere to connect an external strobe. What you will need is a slave type strobe. One that will be triggered by your cameras internal strobe. This strobe will also need to be designed to use with a digital cameras pre flash. Ikelite and Inon both make suitable choices as does sea & sea, just not the ys50TTL (one of the ys90's will work).
I love my Inon D180. Very nice strobe. These digital camera strobes use a fiber optic cable to transmit the internal flash to the strobe trigger circuit. Here's a shot of mine showing the strobes fiber optic connection.
I love my Inon D180. Very nice strobe. These digital camera strobes use a fiber optic cable to transmit the internal flash to the strobe trigger circuit. Here's a shot of mine showing the strobes fiber optic connection.
Bubbleblower thanks for the info. I found out from the dealer yesterday that it won't work like you said. thanks I think i'm going to have to go with either the Inon, Sea & Sea or Ikelite ones.they are just so expensive compared to the camera & housing, but oh, well.
scuba...I used an old IKE 50 with the slave controller with my A70 for quite a while. I just set the strobe to manual and off I went. Loved it as I used it hand held and there was no cord connecting anything...great set-up. Couldn't get that strobe to work with my Oly 5050 so added an INON 220s.
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I bought one of the strobes earlier this year and have used it on a number of dives with the EV controller. It works fine, but it takes some time to get it set up properly. You will have to experiment with the settings to adjust the strobe output.
Most of my diving is in the St. Lawrence and there is quite a bit of particulate. I replaced the diffusion cover from the Canon camera case with a home made black one. I used a piece of plastic and cut it to match the diffuser provided with the camera case. This eliminates the direct flash from the camera but still sets off the strobe through the EV controller. I have experimented with reducing the strobe power and have some good results.
The problem is with the photographer (a novice) and not the equipment. There are many settings on the A70 and I suggest that you have to play with your camera to determine what works best for you. Recently I have used shutter priority mode at 1/125 s and reduced the output of the strobe between 2 - 3 stops. It seems to work fine, but the exposure could be off.
Ted
Most of my diving is in the St. Lawrence and there is quite a bit of particulate. I replaced the diffusion cover from the Canon camera case with a home made black one. I used a piece of plastic and cut it to match the diffuser provided with the camera case. This eliminates the direct flash from the camera but still sets off the strobe through the EV controller. I have experimented with reducing the strobe power and have some good results.
The problem is with the photographer (a novice) and not the equipment. There are many settings on the A70 and I suggest that you have to play with your camera to determine what works best for you. Recently I have used shutter priority mode at 1/125 s and reduced the output of the strobe between 2 - 3 stops. It seems to work fine, but the exposure could be off.
Ted
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I just posted three of my photos taken on Monday using a Canon Powershot A70 and Ikelite DS50 strobe. I'm happy with the results using the camera and now have to concentrate on technique.
Just another excuse to go diving!
Ted
Just another excuse to go diving!
Ted
tedtim:
Nice exposure on the smilin' diver!
Particulate is a problem, for sure, I get it here, too...the best advice I have been given is the move the strobe farther out and use only the edge of the light. As I was warned, so I shall warn you - this is not as easy to do as it sounds! But it does help remove that backscatter and floaties!
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