I recently received the new AOI UCS-Q1i strobes to replace my MF-2s, and I was intrigued by the TTL function for Sony.

I've never been a fan of TTL, and I've always shot manually with my strobes, but this time I was convinced, as I had valid evidence that the larger version of this strobe works very well in TTL mode.

Unfortunately, I have to wait another month before I leave, but I'll take them with me on my next trip and then give you a more complete report.

For now, I'll leave you with this file, where I shot from f22 to f2.8 in TTL macro mode. Sony A1 camera, 90 macro, and TTL AOI trigger.

I find them interesting and can't wait to get back in the water!

How does the build quality seem to you?

What about the batteries?

Its compartment and type of closure?

And the controls?

Basically, I'm asking you for a dry pre-review (an initial assessment without using it in water). 🤣🤣🤣

Hey @Giancarlo M. and @Davide DB

Thanks for posting this, it will be great to see what you think of it.

I was playing with one this week with my underwater photography course guests using their Olympus Tough TG-7, I'll pop some feedback up later.

Maria :)

Is there any important difference between the Q1RC and the Q1i other than support for the Sony TTL mode? If not maybe us humble OMDS users can get a deal on Q1RCs.

10 hours ago, d2b said:

Is there any important difference between the Q1RC and the Q1i other than support for the Sony TTL mode? If not maybe us humble OMDS users can get a deal on Q1RCs.

They appear to be exactly the same apart from the TTL support, they list 3 different models with the same general specs as well as black and white variations of each model on their website.

In the US they are $50 different. My take is that the RC mode with the OM-1 and the RC strobes, things work just fine.

Bill