Strobes for compact cameras and housing

I don't have anything fancy just a canon ixus 80 and canon housing. Could someone enlighten me to what try/arms/strobes would go with this? The ikelite website is fairly informative so so far I have figured out that there are at least couple of ones from them which could go with my housing.

Any info/advice gratefully taken.

I don't have anything fancy just a canon ixus 80 and canon housing. Could someone enlighten me to what try/arms/strobes would go with this? The ikelite website is fairly informative so so far I have figured out that there are at least couple of ones from them which could go with my housing.

 

Any info/advice gratefully taken.

Hi,

The Canon Ixus 80 is a great camera, don't let anybody tell you different. What could fit on this camera is e.g. the SeaLife SL 961, a nice small strobe with a very nice pricing. Check out this site.

What also would be nice to complete your set is this mountbase and this Wide angle lens and with a lot of practice your photos could compete with photos made by 10,000 dollar equipment.

p.s. I use a Canon Ixus 85 IS...

I like the Sea & Sea YS strobe range a lot. I've recently bought the YS-27 from ebay (seller's called Nyxell, very reliable guy). It works optically via an optical cable which you put on the outside of your housing opposite the internal flash. I connected mine by pasting some velcro on the housing and sewing the free end of the optical cable onto the other side of velcro.

As for tray, any tray with a standard tripod mount will do. Just make sure you can connect the arms to the tray.

I haven't done a dive with the YS-27 yet but I have used a YS-110a I borrowed and our office Canon A630. Here's a shot with the setup

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)

Aperture: f/5.6

Just the standard sea and sea tray and arm setup.

The difference between the YS-110a and the YS-27 is that the 27 doesn't have an internal focus light and only functions as a slave. It's also a bit less powerful and differs in other technical ways I'm not sure about. I plan to get a YS-110a after I buy myself a tray and some arms to compliment the YS-27.

I don't have anything fancy just a canon ixus 80 and canon housing. Could someone enlighten me to what try/arms/strobes would go with this? The ikelite website is fairly informative so so far I have figured out that there are at least couple of ones from them which could go with my housing.

 

Any info/advice gratefully taken.

http://www.digitaldiver.net/strobes.php

Thanks for those suggestions and links folks.