Hi guys,
A couple of weeks ago I went into my local Taiwan based UW camera shop to buy some more necessaries ::) and watched them testing a hotshoe TTL converter for Olympus to INON/Sea and Sea strobeswhich I thought might be interesting to some of you. As English is not their first language, I thought I’d help them write a test report. Further details are available at http://www.divervision.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=49&products_id=296.
I’m no expert so I’m just reporting what they have told me, my Chinese is not perfect so if something is lost in translation…I’ve also never written a testing report before and I’m about as techincally minded as Mother Teresa… well that’s my disclaimer ;D. If you’ve got any technical questions I would recommend you contact them directly.
The camera they were using in this test was the Olympus SP350 and an INON D2000W strobe although apparently this has also been tested with similar results with the Olympus C-4040Z, C-5050Z, C-5060WZ, C-7070WZ, C-770UZ, C-8080WZ, SP-350 cameras and all TTL compatible INON and Sea and Sea Strobes (not YS-20 and YS-60).
It seems the benefits of this setup are that it is very easy to install and does not require any customisation to the housing. Flash can be activated in supermacro made and unlike with optical cable there is no need to wait for the camera’s internal flash to recharge before firing (thus catching those critical manta moments). Strobe to housing cable is a customised 5 pin synch cord http://www.divervision.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=49&products_id=297.
These two shots show the installation method:
These are the results of testing…
I haven’t personally seen many testing reports but these look pretty good to me. Hope this helps some of you…
See y’all..
Alex
