Nikon D200 iTTL Strobes

I have a D200 and ND20 Subal housing and I need a new strobe.

Any recomendations for an iTTL compatible flash with good manual control and output around 200 Joules?

One option looks like the Subtronic Maxi with iTTL.

I have been using an Alpha Pro for the last 8 years, but unfortunately it has gone wrong and Subtronic say it is beyong economical repair (it made a loud bang underwater and flashed no more!).

Since going digital underwater I have been shooting manual and would like to have iTTL for some situations as well as manual.

Does anybody have any experinece with the Maxi and how well its iTTL works with Nikon DSLR's, the specification looks good and with the external battery pack in the arm it will help to make travel easier.

Do you have to set the camera up in any particular way to use the flash in iTTL mode?

In manual mode you can select 1 of 4 powers, can you also use the exposure compensation to further adjust the flash output?

Are the exposures good or do you need to use the compensation on the flash and braket?

I assume you can bracket aperture from the camera?

I assume the sysnc speed will be 1/60?

Any reliability issues with the iTTL?

Thanks

Bill

I can't go and Rob Cuss can't go but if you try EMUP at Stoney Cove on Tuesday night someone may have some good advice...

... I have side-stepped the issue by using Inons and fibre-optic connections to give the option of sTTL. The power is lower, though I'm not sure if that is such a big problem. I would have to ask someone like Steve Warren if Subal housings can accomodate the fibre-optic cables.

Tim

I can't go and Rob Cuss can't go but if you try EMUP at Stoney Cove on Tuesday night someone may have some good advice...

 

... I have side-stepped the issue by using Inons and fibre-optic connections to give the option of sTTL. The power is lower, though I'm not sure if that is such a big problem. I would have to ask someone like Steve Warren if Subal housings can accomodate the fibre-optic cables.

 

Tim

 

Subal ND 20 will not accept fibre optics, this has to be a wired connection, I have Inon Z220, which is a good manual flash but will not TTL with Nikon iTTL because of the preflash control.

Bill

Ok. But an Inon would work in TTL with a Weikamps TTL module in the cable, I think. Alex Mustard uses Inons and Subtronics, but not in TTL, I (also) think. It might be worth leaving him a message.

Tim

Thanks for the response I will look at the TTL module.

Bill

Welcome Billb!

I have an iTTL Subtronic Nova and it works very well (I guess the Maxi works as well). I also have a couple of S&S 250pro with its iTTL converter and it is a system that also works very well as you can turn off one strobe and the other one will shoot TTL etc...

With both systems I have to tell the camera to underexpose around 1 step but then they are both reliable.

Thanks for the reply.

ikelite do a ttl set up for nikonos connections.