Ikelite strobe upgrade info posted

Haven't seen this posted yet.... For anyone who's interested, Ikelite just posted more info on the DS160 -> DS 161 upgrade costs, etc and also surprisingly is now also saying that they WILL upgrade a DS125 to a DS 160 or a DS161 too (for more money).

http://ikelite.com/faq/faq_curstrobes.html#ds161

eric

Well that's interesting. Might have to upgrade the 125's this year.

This is good news!!

Thanks for posting!

Cheers

Karel

Its interesting news but unfortunately a little too late for me. I just recently sold off 3 DS125's to be replaced with 2 DS161.

But its interesting I asked Ikelite a few months ago and they said that they will not be doing any upgrades for the DS125 to the DS160/161.

This might mean that they will upgrade in the future which might be great when they release something with more punch and a brighter video LED. The DS161 movie lights are very ordinary compared to something like the Sola600!

Regards Mark

Unless you have old DS-125's it would seem to me on a quick analysis, that it would be cheaper overall to sell a DS-125 and buy a DS-160, rather than pay for the upgrade. A new 160 is about $750, and you can get about $500 for a used 125.

So, I don't see that as a downside.

It would seem the real upside in this is the ability to get old 125's up to current TTL standards. That is a HUGE upside for those with old 125's.

Certainly when the DS-160 and 161 came out they had no plans for upgrades. Likely with the requests and the poor economy, they had a change of heart. I wonder if they actually make more money, on a net basis, performing the upgrades rather than selling a new 160. Of course, we will never know.

I applaud Ikelite for the upgrade. I have had nothing but great experiences with them.

I believe your right Cpadiver in regarding selling off the old Ds125's and putting the money towards new Ds160/161. Thats what I did. As espcially when it isnt cheap to have strobes and batteries shipping from the USA down here to Australia.

It should be interesting for future upgrades what Ikelite will provide. Maybe upgrades to the so called video lights on the Ds161!

Unfortunately I havnt had the great experiences that you have had. Quiet the opposite.

Regards Mark