iTTL Converter

Well, it's not who I expected, but it looks like Matthias might have beaten Ike/Roger to the punch! Granted it is only a prototype...

iTTL converter thread on DDN

Matthias' site

I still think it might be worth waiting for Ikelite though - mainly for the flash exposure comp adjustment on the housing itself - ala the Canon ETTL systems.

We (as in Roger) have iTTL deciphered including exposure compensation, manual power settings, and choice of standard iTTL or balanced iTTL fill flash. The camera recognizes our strobes as a legitimate iTTL attachment. As in the Canon eTTL introduction, it seemed safer to say little or nothing until testing was complete and components were available. This will probably be in April.

What, you mean you aren't going to poste some screengrabs from the ocilliscope or a bunch of funny looking components from your electronics bench? :-)

Cheers

James

Very nice, Ike!

If I go ahead and buy my D70 hsg from you now (it is on order, in fact ), will it be fairly straightforward to upgrade later this year?

I ask this pesky question (sorry) because I want to know if it's going to cost me much time, trouble, and money to buy now and upgrade versus waiting and buying an i-TTL housing later. And other wetpixelians may be in a simliar "transition" position now.

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Congratulations to Roger.

...until testing was complete...

I'd be more than happy to offer my testing skills at the Flower Gardens March 5th and 6th!

This is excellent news by the way!

Greedy Ike never disclose his secrets.

Michel

Manatee19 forgot that "money grubbing" goes between greedy and ike. We would rather not update housings, but will if asked. Problem is back must be machined for push buttons, etc. Charge is $250 to udate Canon to eTTL plus new five-conductor sync cord and strobe update if required.

Jim,

I'm going to try to go to the Flower Gardens next weekend weather permitting. This time of year you just can't count on going. Chances are about 1 in 4. I start w/ a booking at the beginning of the season and then just keep bumping it as teh trips get cancelled.

Ike: REALLY glad to hear about the iTTL

Cheers

James

Hay James, bring me some good pictures of a small wrasse (Halichoeres) from there. It is a new species so far found only on the Flower Gardens, and I am describing it. Paul Humman sent me one good photo (which is in his 3rd edition book, identified as Halichoeres bathyphillus), but that's all I got, more pictures are greatly welcome! Good luck with the weather.

Hello,

I believe you are referring to the newly "discovered" Mardi Gras wrasse. If that's the one, then three specimens were collected and the original description is being prepared. Actually, I think that's a different fish, not a haliocheres sp...

I did a search and found your paper:

http://plaza.ufl.edu/rocha1/Rocha2003.pdf but haven't read it yet. Nice to meet you! I will of course photograph any small wrasses I see. You know of course, that when I see one, I'll surely be using my wideangle lens.

Cheers

James

Hi James, yes, it is the Mardi Gras wrasse, and it is a Halichoeres, very similar to Halichoeres bathyphillus. I sequenced the DNA of the three collected specimens; Doug Weaver (who is somewhere in Texas, working for the park service) and I are preparing the original description.

That link is for an old paper, in which I discuss mostly Brazilian fishes. The link below is for a list with all my publications, number 25 may be of interest since it deals with Caribbean Halichoeres, number 18 has a lot of underwater photos of St. Paul's Rocks, an island in the middle of the Atlantic, between Brazil and the Caribbean, insanely good diving.

http://plaza.ufl.edu/rocha1/publi.htm

As for having WA lenses when the wrasses show up, that happened to me a lot (with other wrasses, never been to the Flower Gardens). Murphy rules!

Cheers,

Luiz

Hi Luiz,

Good to hear! Doug Weaver is a good friend of mine, and since I didn't know who you were, I was worried you were trying to "scoop" him on the original description. LOL!

I've seen Doug's photos of the collected specimens and they are beautiful fish. They haven't been spotted since Doug collected the 3 of them from Stetson Bank.

Cheers

James

"Greedy" Ike is a nickname for someone who cannot resolve to charge for the work done at his shop... I took advantage, many times, of Ike's superior service policy: it was either free of charge or billed at a fraction of the cost someone could envision when dealing with a large manufacturer in specialized "technology".

$250 to update seems quite reasonable, but I respectfully question the need for TTL in the first place... which is something discussed on another thread in one of these most respectable forums.

Ciao

Michel

Doug Weaver (who is somewhere in Texas, working for the park service) and I are preparing the original description.

Doug Weaver is a good friend of mine

And lives down the road from me... such a small world

They  haven't been spotted since Doug collected the 3 of them from Stetson Bank.

Shhhhhh, don't mention the MardiGras Wrasse when Doug's around :twisted: :twisted:

<edit: I thought they came from East Bank, not Stetson :?:>

Craig: Do you live on Gilchrist? What part of town do you live in? Feel free to PM me.

Cheers

James

PS, wanna go the the FG next weekend? :-)

"Just down the road" in the global rather than local sense, I live off Raintree, which is on the other side of bypass-6 from Gilchrist.

Next weekend is tempting, will have to think about it. I'm off to Cabo the following week, so needing to be a leetle bit frugal. Tell you what, loan me your 20D+housing for the FG trip and you've got a deal! :twisted:

I'll certainly bring it.

Cheers

James