Reefmaster Strobe - New Use?

Could you give me some suggestions?

A couple years ago some well-meaning friends gave me a Reefmaster CL camera. I bought a Reefmaster strobe for it. Couldn't get an in-focus picture with the outfit and left it in a closet for 3 years. (I do get decent shots with an MX-10 outfit so I'm not willing to take the blame.)

Now my wife is showing an interest in u/w photography and I would sure like to salvage something from the Reefmaster debacle in the application of the strobe to a relatively inexpensive camera. The camera could be film or digital, though digital might be the preference. I'm thinking in the $150 - $300 range.

The strobe is optically fired with a sensor on the side. Its settings are "On", "Off", and "Test".

Looking forward to your ideas.

Hi,

You could easily rig it up to work with a non-preflash camera or one where the preflash can be turned off. You'll need a fiber optic cable kit and some ingenuity.

Cheers

James

Great James. Thank you.

Telar,

I to am stuck with a reefmaster setup. I went to Cocoview in March and a friend had a Sea & Sea 3000 digital camera he lent me due to an upgrade. I was able to rig up the flash to the camera by flipping around the deflector. Basicly the the strobe end up on the right side of the camera. Since the flashfires full power everthing was washed out. I took a white Coolwhip lid, poked a couple of holes in each side and ran some surgical tubiing through it and the yellow rubber on the flash to hold it in place. This cooled the flash down enough for daytime shooting.

I still had a lot of wask out on the night dives. It took a while to find the sweet spot to bounce/ deflect the built in flash to the sealife slave. As James stated it would be worth trying to rig up a fiber optic cable to get a solid sync between the camera and strobe. Drop me an email and I cand send you some example of the shots I took. Hope this helps.

Let's be careful down there!

tb