sTTL - Ikelite vs Sea & Sea

[PriusDrIVER]

Which of the two have a better TTL interpretation for Canons? Are they fairly equal, both producing consistent and accurate exposures?

Also, which is more likely to support future Canon bodies? Ikelite has confirmed they are developing a 40D housing, I haven't found anything from S&S stating such.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Taxgeek]

I can't speak for Sea & Sea, but the eTTL on my Ike housing/strobes for my 5d is flawless. A real joy.

 

[pakman]

Prius, they are pretty close. I shoot with a S&S TTL converter and have been very happy with the setup. I do have a few friends who also use all Ikelite setups with their 350D's and 400D's. I don't have hard proof, but anecdotal evidence online might give the Ikelite TTL setup a slight edge (maybe better integration of same housing manufacturer and strobe).

I do like the S&S external TTL converter as you can quickly switch to manual strobe control, easily adjust the strobes from the TTL dial if the camera isn't metering the scene correctly (overly dark or bright subjects), or just simply switch off the TTL Converter when you want to shoot ambient light with no flash (instead of digging through the in-camera menu's to disable the flash or fiddling with each strobe).

I suspect the Ikelite would have similiar features.