Connect G9 to YS-110

Hi, I just bought a YS-110 and Canon G9 - still thinking what housing to buy.

Canon is cheap comparing to Ikelite and seems to be more handy to operate (smaller).

Could you give newbie an idea how to hardwire my strobe and camera o be able to use TTL?

Can you connect the strobe directly from camera's hotshoe, or do you need some converter to get it working properly?

Also, If I decide to buy the cheaper - Canon housing which probably most of you will advise against, where can I get the 6pin socket from to mount it in the housing? Is Ikelite housing coming with the socket originally, or do you have to buy it separately?

Pls help!

Thanks in advance.

Hi, I just bought a YS-110 and Canon G9 - still thinking what housing to buy.

Canon is cheap comparing to Ikelite and seems to be more handy to operate (smaller).

 

Could you give newbie an idea how to hardwire my strobe and camera o be able to use TTL?

 

Can you connect the strobe directly from camera's hotshoe, or do you need some converter to get it working properly?

 

Also, If I decide to buy the cheaper - Canon housing which probably most of you will advise against, where can I get the 6pin socket from to mount it in the housing? Is Ikelite housing coming with the socket originally, or do you have to buy it separately?

 

Pls help!

 

Thanks in advance.

im not a g9 owner but from what i understand

-the canon housing can only fire strobe via sync cable, no hard wired connection.

-the ikelite housing can only offer ttl to ikelite strobes , it can offer firing if strobe via sync with manual controll, or via fibre optic cable. housing comes with sync cable plug you just need to buy cable to go from ike to sea&sea

-the sea and sea housing (mdx g9) offers ttl firing of your ys110 via the sync cable . or can be fired via a sync cable.

-patma also makes a housing , very nice and compact ,

also worth considering which housings take ad on lenses easily ??

i suggest you do a search on wetpixel, digitaldiver.net and see what others are using . also there are quite a few G9 underwater users on flickr its worth doing a search there and getting advice also.

hope this helps

Regards

Matt

im not a g9 owner but from what i understand

 

-the canon housing can only fire strobe via sync cable, no hard wired connection.

-the ikelite housing can only offer ttl to ikelite strobes , it can offer firing if strobe via sync with manual controll, or via fibre optic cable. housing comes with sync cable plug you just need to buy cable to go from ike to sea&sea

-the sea and sea housing (mdx g9) offers ttl firing of your ys110 via the sync cable . or can be fired via a sync cable.

-patma also makes a housing , very nice and compact ,

also worth considering which housings take ad on lenses easily ??

 

i suggest you do a search on wetpixel, digitaldiver.net and see what others are using . also there are quite a few G9 underwater users on flickr its worth doing a search there and getting advice also.

 

hope this helps

Regards

Matt

Thanks for giving me an idea about other brands.

I know neither Canon nor Ikelite housings don't support eTTL, but I found a converter which you plug into the hotshoe (see www.heinrichsweikamp.net/blitz/en/index.htm ), but I was hoping to find cheaper solution doing same job.

Any ideas?

Cheers!

Hi there !

You already had some reply concerning the connection of your YS-110, so the only thing I can add is regarding the choice of your housing.

I've been using - as a beginner - for a few months a G7 with Canon housing and one single YS-110.

The only drawback of the Canon was the impossibility to use any different lens whereas the Ikleite allow you to use a limited choice of other lenses.

Despite this, I went for the Canon because cheaper but also because I knew that I quickly would want to go DSLR and I've was told at the time that the Ikelite wouldn't allow me to do whatever I wanted to do.

Therefore, I went for the cheaper option to start with and I must say that I had some good time and some good shots with that set up.

So in the end, all I would say to you is look ahead and think what you want to do in the future.

Do you intend to go for DSLR sooner or later ?

What kind of photography are you into ?

Choice of lenses with Ikelite, is it enough for what you want to do ?

Etc

Hum, hope it helps

Isabelle

Supposedly you can do "TTL" with the YS-110 and the fiber-optic cord. The strobe shuts off when it senses the internal flash has quelched. I haven't heard anyone report this working well and I have heard the opposite - that it "doesn't work".

I have the YS-110 with the Ikelite case and am planning on using the strobe in manual mode with the 5-pin sync cord. I like leaving the camera's exposure set in manual while playing with the controls on my strobes to get the right exposure. I was previously doing the same with the YS-27 and the OEM housing.

I haven't tried it out underwater yet ... june can't come fast enough ...

It's been a year since your question. I am now using the YS-110 Alpha with the Canon G10 and Canon housing. They work great together. The DS-TTL functions nicely. The camera has the total control of the strobe via TTL and fiber optic cable. I have a blog about how I DIY build my fiber optic cable for the the YS-100A, and underwater pictures on my dive logs website at dive.vinaworld.com

Supposedly you can do "TTL" with the YS-110 and the fiber-optic cord. The strobe shuts off when it senses the internal flash has quelched. I haven't heard anyone report this working well and I have heard the opposite - that it "doesn't work".

 

I have the YS-110 with the Ikelite case and am planning on using the strobe in manual mode with the 5-pin sync cord. I like leaving the camera's exposure set in manual while playing with the controls on my strobes to get the right exposure. I was previously doing the same with the YS-27 and the OEM housing.

 

I haven't tried it out underwater yet ... june can't come fast enough ...

Thanks everyone for replies.

Afterall, I decided to go for Ikelite Housing and DS-125 Strobe and sold YS-110. Ikelite's DS-125 is a fantastic strobe and its only downside is its size and weight which is kinda' pain in the butt when flying overseas. Despite that, no issues - the battery lasts for at least whole dive day, has TTL, and it's all I need.

The housing is a separate issue: it's really hard to operate it with one hand - the shutter trigger is designed to be operated with your thumb - not index finger so if you'd like to hold on to some piece of rock or dead coral if the current is strong you can't hold the camera and take photos at same time. I unscrewed the handle and turned it around 180 degrees so I could hold it with my right hand and then redesigned the trigger to be able to operate it with my index finger. That helped a lot!

But I think it's time to move on and go for DSLR (I wish I did it right at the beginning).

Don't get me wrong - G9 takes good photos (some of the shots i've seen on people's Flickr are really awesome), but in my case i was able to produce the best results for objects 15 cm and bigger - unless I was photographing nudis which don't move at all so you can get close enough to them to fill the frame. I was getting very frustrated when trying to shoot a Mandarin fish in Sulawesi last year - this very shy fish didn't allow me to get too close to it, what resulted in all of my photos required cropping.

And there was much more occasions where I had to decide whether stay away and crop the photo later loosing on it's quality, or risk spooking the object when trying to get closer.

I was trying to find diopters which would allow me to INCREASE the FOCAL DISTANCE and MAGNIFICATION at same time, but the one I bought increases magnification, but shortens focal distance, which was completely useless in my case.

If you know about any of this type of lenses for Ikelite housing please let me know.

I recently upgraded my old Canon 350D to Canon 50D and bought 100mm marco lens, and it seems to be perfect set for type of photography I'd like to do - at least that's my imression when taking photos on the surface. The only problem is the cost of housings - I'll probably go for Ikelite again because it's the cheapest and because I could still use my DS-125 strobe which would reduce the costs of completing the new set.

BTW: Does anyone have any experience with Ikelite housings for 50D?

Thanks again and looking forward hearing more advices.

All the best

Tom

Hello

I am having the same problem now. I have G9 with canon underwater house and also think about getting a flash(YS-110a looks nice). But I also recent bought canon 50D(with 18-55 and 50 1.8 II and likely add a 35 2 and 100 2.8 marco) and I am think of getting underwater house for the 50D(sell the G9) and a flash next year or so. I am currently think about Ikelite because of price.

What is your advice getting flash now for g9(and likely sell it(G9) next year when get house for 50D) or getting underwater house 50D now and next year or so a flash.

Marc