Seatool strobe arm connection

I just upgraded to a Canon 40d and am thinking of getting a Seatool housing. Is anyone mounting their strobe arms directly to the housing. If so do you feel like you still get the same stability as with a tray/arm configuration. I really like the idea of keeping the set up compact but wonder about the practicality.

I use my SeaTool housing for the Olympus E-3, (about the same size as the 40D housing) with an Athena ring flash attached to the housing and it is a great macro configuration for landscape and portrait because it is such a small package.

For dual strobes and arms I would suggest the outstanding Athena tray and grips for the 40D.

Phil Rudin

I just upgraded to a Canon 40d and am thinking of getting a Seatool housing. Is anyone mounting their strobe arms directly to the housing. If so do you feel like you still get the same stability as with a tray/arm configuration. I really like the idea of keeping the set up compact but wonder about the practicality.

I do not mount the strobe arms directly to the housing. I like having real handles for carrying the housing around so I just mount the arms where I am used to mounting them -- I use a ULCS tray and arms. I do mount my focus light to the housing, though.

Mike

For macro shooting with the 100 or 60 I like 2x Z-240 on 5" arms attached directly to the housing, and a focus light in the cold shoe. This isn't a convenient for handling, and passing the camera off to boat hands, but I really like diving the system like this. Not having a handle on the left side allows me to get extremely low (or at least 3" lower than I could with a handle there), and shoot up for unique portrait perspective for macro shots.

For wa shooting with longer arms I would use a tray/left handle.

I would experiment with both. The base adapters are cheap enough when you consider the flexibility they offer.

For macro shooting with the 100 or 60 I like 2x Z-240 on 5" arms attached directly to the housing, and a focus light in the cold shoe. This isn't a convenient for handling, and passing the camera off to boat hands, but I really like diving the system like this. Not having a handle on the left side allows me to get extremely low (or at least 3" lower than I could with a handle there), and shoot up for unique portrait perspective for macro shots.

 

For wa shooting with longer arms I would use a tray/left handle.

 

I would experiment with both. The base adapters are cheap enough when you consider the flexibility they offer.

For Wide angle you attaching one arm on a left handle and one on the right side of the housing? Sounds like a good compromise.

I shot a D300/Seatool/af-105-VR macro setup with 2 9" Stix arms connected directly to the case. The strobe was a Z-240. The result is a light, compact rig but I found myself using both hands on the case in some situations while in others I was shooting one-handed.

I have atray but have not used it.

It is too early to tell which is better.