I was running the Atom Flashes in manual, not TTL. It wouldn't recognize the pre-flash in manual and they confirmed that. You're right, their strobes are only for Oly and Sony TTL, so I edited my last post because it is incorrect.

Edited 15 hours ago15 hr by mdo905

3 hours ago, mdo905 said:

So I bought two Atom Flashes about a month ago after one of my YS-01s died. When I set them up with my rig (LX-10 with nauticam housing), they would fire/not fire seemingly at random when on manual with the camera flash. After troubleshooting over the phone for about two weeks with Backscatter staff (which included getting two new optical cords), I ended up sending in my housing, camera, and the strobes back to their store in CA to verify that the strobes had some type of incompatibility with my camera. Once received, the Backscatter staff determined that Atom Flash was having difficulty reading the LX-10 preflash, causing all of the misfires.

Unfortunately, I leave for a dive trip in a week, so Backscatter is doing me right by sending back a pair of rental strobes along with my housing and camera (which is currently in route). I was told that they're going to work with AOI to determine if there is some type of algorithm change to provide LX-10 compatibility, but they're not sure if that's possible. Otherwise, they're going to warranty the strobes and provide a refund.

I was really hoping these would work with my current rig - the specifications and snoot seemed ideal for my use. I'll see what happens with AOI attempting to fix the incompatibility. I wasn't planning on buying new strobes anytime soon, but I was basically forced when the one underpowered YS-01 crapped out. I've been looking at a MFT for a while, but didn't want to spend the money on it. Maybe this is my forcing function to get that MFT and keep the Atom Flashes.

So lesson learned is: If you have a Panasonic, call Backscatter and ask if they've tested compatibility with your camera's TTL.

Atleast you can make the trip with borrowed strobes.

So Backscatter strobes are just rebranded AOI ones?

27 minutes ago, Sokrates said:

Atleast you can make the trip with borrowed strobes.

So Backscatter strobes are just rebranded AOI ones?

Yes, all of the backscatter-branded strobes (miniflash, hybrid flash, and atom flash) are all designed in coordination with AOI and built by AOI.