Sea and Sea YS-110a with Sony NEX-5 TTL

Need help before my next trip. I have a recently purchased Sony NEX-5 in the Aquatica Housing, using a single YS-110a. I recently came back from a trip and was disappointed in the lighting. The flash manual tells how to set up for TTL, using slave setting to fire. The Sony has the following settings: slow sync, fill-in flash, auto flash, and second shutter sync. I used the fill flash mode, but in TTL mode, I was not able to turn down the flash output - all images were several stops overexposed. I had better luck with setting the flash to manual, and generally keeping the camera shutter at 1/125 and just playing around with ISO and aperture, but I really would like to know if the TTL is something worth persuing. My other setup is a Canon 5D MKII, Aquatica housing and two DS 160s, all set to manual, but I would like to see if I can match the lighting quality with a smaller and lighter rig, especially as baggage allowances are shrinking, and excess weight charges are increasing dramatically, particularly on flights to Asia.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Ed Druy

Ed,

I also have the Aquatica AN-5 Housing (well, it's my wife's) TTL seems to work very well using the YS-110a. I have it set to fill flash, but I also turned the flash exposure compensation of the Sony down by 1 stop. I don't have the camera here with me but it should be in the menu for Camera settings.

My main camera is the 7D in the Aquatica A7D housing with dual 110a's

Cheers

Stewart

Ed,

 

I also have the Aquatica AN-5 Housing (well, it's my wife's) TTL seems to work very well using the YS-110a. I have it set to fill flash, but I also turned the flash exposure compensation of the Sony down by 1 stop. I don't have the camera here with me but it should be in the menu for Camera settings.

 

My main camera is the 7D in the Aquatica A7D housing with dual 110a's

 

Cheers

 

Stewart

Need help before my next trip. I have a recently purchased Sony NEX-5 in the Aquatica Housing, using a single YS-110a. I recently came back from a trip and was disappointed in the lighting. The flash manual tells how to set up for TTL, using slave setting to fire. The Sony has the following settings: slow sync, fill-in flash, auto flash, and second shutter sync. I used the fill flash mode, but in TTL mode, I was not able to turn down the flash output - all images were several stops overexposed. I had better luck with setting the flash to manual, and generally keeping the camera shutter at 1/125 and just playing around with ISO and aperture, but I really would like to know if the TTL is something worth persuing. My other setup is a Canon 5D MKII, Aquatica housing and two DS 160s, all set to manual, but I would like to see if I can match the lighting quality with a smaller and lighter rig, especially as baggage allowances are shrinking, and excess weight charges are increasing dramatically, particularly on flights to Asia.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Ed Druy

Stewart, thats a good start. I have used that setting on land to lower flash output. The Sony is also my wife's. Bought it for her as a birthday present. I'm just using it until I can show her how to get great pics

Ed