I have 2 Seacam Systemflash units which house my Nikon SB 800 flash units. I also have the Seacam arm system. I am considering using these 2 flash units on an Ikelite Nikon D300 housing. Will this setup work and will I get Nikon's iTTL control of the 2 flash units?
Thanks in advance for any information readers can give me. Also feel free to include your opinion of such a setup. And if you are wondering why I want this particular setup, it's so that I can use the 2 SB800 flashes I already have and also the Seacam Systemflash components that I already have.
Ron
Hi Ron,
I don't have that system, but I do have a flash housing for my 580EX so I'm familiar w/ how they work.
The Ikelite D300 housing comes with an iTTL converter already inside. That converter is programmed so that it can translate between the D300 and Ikelite flashguns. It does not "talk" to Nikon flashguns and in fact, it probably messes up the signal in between.
What you would need would be a housing with straight 5-pin TTL wiring inside. Kind of like a really old film camera housing. Ikelite can provide that.
