5060 & PT- 020 with SB102 and YS120

i've flooded my s2pro (the orig and then the replacement) TWICE, i can't bear to take the new one underwater again... regardless that the housing now has a great bill of health. it's an emotional thing.

so, i've decided to go with the 5060 and would like to use some of my other equipment with this PT020 housing. i know there have been SEVERAL posts about this, but it's hard to put it all together in a way that makes sense. i've tried contacting mike in germany for the nikonos bulkhead, but haven't heard back from him... also my next trip is nov 17, so there may not be time.

any ideas, without alot of extra equip purchase, that will get me going with this setup? i already have all of the sync cords i need to connect the two strobes, with EITHER a nikonos type housing connection, or a sea&sea type housing connection. i was told by the inon guy the SB105 (and prob the ys120) wouldn't work with the 5060 because of the preflash. i will be using the inon lenses.

THANKS THANKS THANKS so very much to anyone who can help with this... hopefully before my nov 17 trip.

margaret

Hi Margaret,

You need to purchase a fiber optic kit for the near-term. It's a velcro thingy that holds two fiber optic cables onto your housing. Get a set of the kind of cables that has a little plug on each end (I think made by Sea and Sea) Then run the fiber optic cables out to the slave sensors on the strobes. If you have the diffusers for the strobes, you can cut a small hole in each diffuser to hold the little plug on the end of the fiber optic cable.

I think the Oly5060 has a flash mode called "slave" which cancels the preflash. With this setting you can use your strobes in manual mode - setting the power on the strobe head - probably to the lowest setting.

HTH

James