D70 Housing is Here!!!

I have dual DS125's also and am thinking about adding two manuel controllers. Can you explain how yours work? In the photo it only looks like you have one wired to the housing, is the other in slave mode?

thanks.

To run dual manual controllers, you use a dual sync cord connected to the housing bulkhead. You run the leads from the dual cord to the bulkheads on the manual controllers (2). From there, you plug the short leads on the manual controllers into your strobes. Put the strobes on TTL, set the manual controller dip switches for the DS125 and no preflash, cover up the sensors on the manual controllers w/ the supplied black caps, and bingo.

HTH

James

James is correct of course, but alternative is one Manual Controller attached to housing by sync cord and the other Manual Controller can utilize its built-in slave sensor. Simply set it for non preflash and aim it at first strobe. Should also work aimed at subject............

Hey Ike,

What's the hold up on TTL for the D70 housing? Not a rip here by any means, just curious, help a lazy guy understand what the challenge is and how it's not there yet?

In the mean time, thanks for the great service you've always provided!

What's the hold up on TTL for the D70 housing? Not a rip here by any means, just curious, help a lazy guy understand what the challenge is and how it's not there yet?

Us Canon shooters are hoping the holdup is that they are SOOOO busy getting eTTL figured out for the Rebel and E10D...

Must be awful having customers clammering for your products!!! :wink:

Dave

Hi Ike,

and the other Manual Controller can utilize its built-in slave sensor

Yes, that will work, but I don't think as well. Mike, aka Gerb was using a similar setup in Fiji and I was diving with him and setting his slave off a LOT. You can see it in a bunch of the fisheye photos that I took on that dive. It was annoying as ***. If he'd been using 2 controllers hardwired, I would have been a much happier camper.

Cheers

James

We (being one brilliant engineering type) started on Canon eTTL after finishing the Olympus TTL system. Complication is the enormous amount of data communication between camera and strobe of the Canon system, and providing flash compensation like a Canon strobe. Will start on Nikon iTTL which should go much faster after eTTL............

Thanks James! I'm definitely going to look into the manual controllers before my next trip.

Thanks Ike for the feedback.

And perchance any 'predictions' on a time line for distribution?

Hungry minds (and loose pocketbooks) want to know.

Thank you!

Nikon's 60mm lens will acheive 1:1 reproduction ratio on a film camera, shooting in air.

 

On a DSLR, it will acheive a cropped 1:1, so the actual image captured will only be 1/1.5 x 36mm across.  

 

Like Ryan said, the idea of a dome port is to PRESERVE the topside angle of view, while shooting underwater, so you will capture the same 1/1.5 x 36mm FOV.

 

Behind a flat port, you will get another 4/3 narrowing of the field of view.

Sorry if these are obvious questions (I am a total beginner to underwater photography): does this mean I have to decide what kind of pictures I want to take before going down and use a corresponding port? I am looking at getting the D70 with the 18 - 70 mm lens. IF so, am I a correct in assuming that I need at least 2 ports, one for macro and one for normal? Also are is a port included with a underwater housing or is a separate purchase?

I feel so green... :oops:

Thanks in advance,

Lars

I have dual DS125's also and am thinking about adding two manuel controllers. Can you explain how yours work? In the photo it only looks like you have one wired to the housing, is the other in slave mode?  

 

thanks.

As James and Ike have already explained, I'm using a single sync cord wired to one manual controller and a second manual controller as a slave. The alternative is to use a dual sync cord to both controllers.

The single cord works well. The slave always fires for me. I guess this could be a problem for more than one photographer working closely together. Unfortunately I'm not that great of a buddy so its not a problem for me. I like to have my strobes go off while I'm being photographed though. My brother took some nice ones of me with his 5050 and internal strobe. It set off my strobes and the light beams look cool.

The reason I went with the single cord is so that I could share my strobes with my brother. I gave him my Ikelite tray and if I want to I can quickly detach one of my strobes and arm and share it with him. I can also dive with one strobe if one has a problem (don't say the f-word) or if I want to simplify my rig. I'm also trying to figure out a way to get the manual controller on the end of my ikelite detacable arm segment so that I can have one strobe totally indepentant for hand holding. The one I have now has no way to slide the controller over the arm--maybe the ball version? Having a dual sync cord is more reliable and gives more control but a single cord is more flexable. I will probably add a dual sync cord once Ike upgrades my housing to iTTL (I guess I'm being presumptious, but hopefully if we ask enough on this board we'll get it.)

We (being one brilliant engineering type) started on Canon eTTL after finishing the Olympus TTL system.  Complication is the enormous amount of data communication between camera and strobe of the Canon system, and providing flash compensation like a Canon strobe.   Will start on Nikon iTTL which should go much faster after eTTL............

Ike

What products will be needed when you get the TTL thing working with your

D70 housinf the the DS125 strobess? What will the onwers have to buy or do to their rigs to make them TTL?

Joe Samplin

Peoria Arizona