The fibre optic connectors used by Sea & Sea and INON are probably generic products and are unlikely to be made specifically by or for the strobe manufacturers. I want to make up some custom FO cables and hope that fellow Wetpixelers may know of an independent supplier. Thanks in advance.
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Fibre optic connectors
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Fibre optic connectors
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The fibre optic connectors used by Sea & Sea and INON are probably generic products and are unlikely to be made specifically by or for the strobe manufacturers. I want to make up some custom FO cables and hope that fellow Wetpixelers may know of an independent supplier. Thanks in advance.
Inon does not have a connector, one end of the cable is raw and slips into a rubber bushing with a compression nut and the other end is proprietary connection to the strobe head that threads into the body.
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Inon does not have a connector, one end of the cable is raw and slips into a rubber bushing with a compression nut and the other end is proprietary connection to the strobe head that threads into the body.
Its the 'proprietory connection' which I am interested in obtaining. :-)
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Its the 'proprietory connection' which I am interested in obtaining. :-)
It is an Inon product, it is designed to fit around the light sensor, I doubt it is a generic fitting of any sort, thus my calling it proprietary. Sorry.
Reef, Backscatter both carry them.
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It is an Inon product, it is designed to fit around the light sensor, I doubt it is a generic fitting of any sort, thus my calling it proprietary. Sorry.
Reef, Backscatter both carry them.
You can get the caps for the Inon strobes from Reef, Backscatter and Divervision. You can get really inexpensive cable from Monoprice (Toslink cables). Cut off the connector in the middle and it will fit perfectly into the Inon cap. I don't know if there are caps available for the Nauticam end of your cable, I haven't seen them anywhere. So, you can do this yourself, but the optical transmission of the Inon cables is much higher than that of the Toslink, so if you are trying to get TTL on the Inon why not just spend the $90 and be happy. On a recent Bonaire trip, I took 2000 pictures so the cost per picture of the cable is like 4 cents and that is only one trip. Over the life of the cable it is literally nothing.
If you really want to do it yourself, by the Toslink cable, get an Inon cap and drill a small hole in the port caps that come on the housing.
Bill
