Converting S&S DX-D70 Housing for iTTL Adaptor

I am hoping somebody can give me some advice on this one. I have searched the other posts on Wetpixel but nobody seems to have asked this question before.

I have had a Sea & Sea DX-D70 housing for my Nikon D70 for a couple of years and have just bought a Sea & Sea Mk. II iTTL converter for it.

The paperwork which came with the iTTL converter states that a modified strobe connection port is required for the converter to work with this housing but doesn't provide any further information. Sea & Sea don't list a modified strobe connection port as a part on their websites (UK, US & Japan) and don't list any further information.

Can anyone tell me what I need to do to make the iTTL converter work with this housing?

The DX-D70 has a single strobe connector on the top of the housing which only has two of the five pins wired through to the hotshoe connector inside the housing. Is the conversion as simple as connecting the other three pins the same way as the Sea & Sea housing for my F90X (N90S) or do I need to add further components such as blocking diodes?

First you will need to have all 5 pins connected just like your old film setup. Sea and Sea are using diodes in their wiring. In testing many of these systems for ttl I discovered that diodes were required with the D70 and the original converter and converter II. However I tested an Aquatica D70 with the stock Aquatica TTL 5 pin bulkhead (no diodes) with converter III and YS-110 strobes and it worked perfectly. Either way you'll have to send in the housing to Sea and Sea to have it upgraded since you only have 2 pin operation right now.

Best regards,

Jim