YS-110 Diffuser

I have a new YS-110 ... and I can't for the life of me figure out how the diffuser is supposed to attach to the strobe.

I also have two other S&S strobes (YS-15 and YS-27) and each is different, yet I have no problems getting either diffuser on or off ... on land or underwater.

The YS-110 seems to have these tiny little grooves and tongues and even sitting on the couch with bright lights I'm having trouble attaching it properly.

Any hints or tips from any YS-110 owners out there?

hey jeremy,

its a little tricky, you have to line it up right, push the diffuser in, and then while pushing down on the diffuser, rotate it clockwise a bit until the small hole in the diffuser lines up with the small hole in the front/top of the strobe

hope this makes sense

and make sure you secure it with a little string or something, it might come out eventually while you are underwater. and pickup a spare.

scott

hey jeremy,

 

its a little tricky, you have to line it up right, push the diffuser in, and then while pushing down on the diffuser, rotate it clockwise a bit until the small hole in the diffuser lines up with the small hole in the front/top of the strobe

 

hope this makes sense

 

and make sure you secure it with a little string or something, it might come out eventually while you are underwater. and pickup a spare.

 

scott

Thanks, Scott ... and it does make sense. It just seems like a task that will be damn near impossible underwater. It is hard enough on land!

The lazy diver (me) puts it on and leaves it on- I never seem to need the extra stop and can get it by upping iso or a variety of other options- I like the warmer diffuse light and seem to get better results with the diffusers on at all times. By all means, make sure there is a string or secondary holding device on it though as they do come loose and fall off when you least expect it (typically at the beginning of a trip where a spare is out of the question- eg my last donation is at the bottom the the Yap trench and occurred at the start of a 2-week trip)

The lazy diver (me) puts it on and leaves it on- I never seem to need the extra stop and can get it by upping iso or a variety of other options- I like the warmer diffuse light and seem to get better results with the diffusers on at all times. By all means, make sure there is a string or secondary holding device on it though as they do come loose and fall off when you least expect it (typically at the beginning of a trip where a spare is out of the question- eg my last donation is at the bottom the the Yap trench and occurred at the start of a 2-week trip)

Thanks, Eric ... I do have little string tying it to the strobe, but it is the one that came with it and I think that's part of my problem ... it is too short and tied to the "wrong" side making it just that much harder to get it right.

I have some stretchy thin cord I use for this kind of thing in the closest and I think I'll make a new one that is a bit longer as well as a bit of tape to hold it on as it is much more squirelly than my other Sea & Sea diffusers. The YS-27 diffuser slides nicely around the face of the strobe and is very easy to take on and off ... which I seem to do a lot - and probably shouldn't! My goal is usually to find the "right" manual exposure and stick with it (f5.6-f8@160) and do most of my exposure tweaking on the strobe head [power settings.

I think I will just plan on leaving it on all the time as you do as that will also allow me to jerry-rig the optical cable to ensure/maximize proper slave firing. Not sure what I'll do with the YS-27's diffuser ... but as it comes on and off so easily, I can wing it ...

DOH! {sound of hand hitting forehead - like the V8 commerical}

I had it backwards/upside down ... and now that I have it on correctly, I notice there is a nice little slot on the diffuser to place the business end of an optical cable ...

Nice.