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What Strobes (Optical Trigger)?

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What Strobes (Optical Trigger)?

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  1. So for optically triggered strobes, that can do TTL out of the box, it fairly quickly it seems to come down to YS110a vs YS250 vs Z240. I exclude Ikes with the addition of an optical adapter, because that is manual only. The YS250 has great specs but at almost 4lb each they are beasts...thats 8lb of checkin weight for 2 bare strobes. Z240 has slightly more power than YS110A and is lighter - but seems to attract comments about baffling manuals and complex settings...

     

    Are there other alternatives I am missing? Any opinions from people with experience of both?

     

    Cheers

  2. To the best of my knowledge, the YS-250 can be triggered optically, but will not give S-TTL through the optical fiber, only TTL via the Sea & Sea TTL converter.

  3. To the best of my knowledge, the YS-250 can be triggered optically, but will not give S-TTL through the optical fiber, only TTL via the Sea & Sea TTL converter.

     

     

    That is correct Jean.

     

    Cheers

     

    Todd

  4. I use z-240's on a d-300. Set to s-ttl, magnet to preflash and go. No problem

Turtle

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