Folks i have posted a simialr question on digital Diver so if you read both you only need reply in one unless you feel your reply will be of use to other.
I can find anything about this exact topic in a search, no mention of strobes this old.
So here is what i have found out..
The F810 is not a preflash camera.
The F810 controls flash real time (that is it measures actual light arriving at the camera and quenches the strobe whe it thinks the exposure is correct)
The F810 is not TTL it has an external sensor to measure light (some lens might block this)
Now here is what I was thinking. I am looking at replacing my Nikonos V (a sad day really) with a nice small digital rig for travel photography underwater. Price is an issue and since I currently have two Ikelite strobes (a SS50 and a MV) I would like to re-use these strobes at least initially with the F810 in an Ikelite housing. I have the optical TTL slave sensors from Ikelite (now discontinues in favour of the Digial slave sensor). I assume I can use these to trigger the older substrobes from the F810's internal flash.
Now at last the question I also assume that if I trigger these older substrobes from the F810's internal fash, they will effectively mimic the internal flash and provide correct exposure???? I know this might all fall apart if say a wide angle lens blocks the camer sensor but then I assume I can still use the internal flash to trigger these strobes and use strobe to subject distance to control exposure (anyone remember doing that) ??
There seems to be a great deal of knowledge here so if I have made a fundamental error in assumptions here let me know.
Also feel free to suggest alteratives but please keep in mind Price and Size are my main considerations, oh and of course good image quality.
thanks
Kerry
