finally made the leap- but what to do about strobes??

So I FINALLY decided i should be dragging an slr with me underwater (ive shot slr on the surface for some time but never wanted to invest the money in a new housing for UW)

anyhow, im moving from a Nikon p5000 ps (because it had full manual) with a single ds51 strobe to my d200. Since budget is an issue I went with an Ike housing (i found a light and motion titan, new for $999 on clearance but it was gone within hours).

at the moment I only have a 60mm macro setup since I dont have strobes for WA and can get away with the ds51 for macro.

What would be a good budget strobe set up powerful enough for WA? I like having the option of using the iTTL built into the housing but I'm not big on the idea of paying $2000 to use ike strobes.

any suggestions?

thanks

Mike

Inon's Z240s aren't a great deal cheaper but are nice strobes.

What would be a good budget strobe set up powerful enough for WA? I like having the option of using the iTTL built into the housing but I'm not big on the idea of paying $2000 to use ike strobes.

If you're big on having TTL capabilities, have you given thought to using an SB800 topside flash unit and housing it? Used SB800s go for $250 to $300 and you could pick up an housing for it , although the housing would cost a lot more than the strobe. The advantage is that you'd have TTL. Some folks who post here regularly use the SB800 underwater and I'm sure a search would bring up some posts that discuss it.

Ellen

im thinking two ys 110's might do, but im having a hard time determining compatibility. The instructions that came with my housing say use only ike strobes (there is also a switch inside that says "ds50/51 - ds125/160/200" what would i use for SS strobes??)

I dont mind losing the ttl im just concerned it wont work. does anyone have any info on this set up? would it even be powerful enough for WA? or would i have to drop money for the ys250's?

thanks

You can attach a S&S strobe(s) to your Ike housing, and two YS-110s is plenty of light for you ...

To do so, you need to either use a dual Ike-S&S electrical sync cable or a single sync cable to one and then optically trigger the second off the first.

You can attach a S&S strobe(s) to your Ike housing, and two YS-110s is plenty of light for you ...

To do so, you need to either use a dual Ike-S&S electrical sync cable or a single sync cable to one and then optically trigger the second off the first.

Do you get all YS TTL capabilities or only trigger with that setup?

Cheers

/O

should only be a trigger. however im curious if you were to set them to ttl if you could use the dial on the back of ike housings to control the exposure manually. has anyone tried that? Or are you restricted to fiddling with the strobes themselves?