UNIVERSAL STROBE CABLE

It is very funny that you are talking about a standardized Cables, the probability that German manufatures adopt the standard and then call it "DIN".

DIN means "Deutsche Industrie Norm" (German Industry Norm) .

Thats where also the "DIN" in the DIN Valves at Scuba tanks come from.

DIN is a Standardization Institute like ISO only on German National Level.

Simon

Grüße aus Deutschland ;-)

I'm sure we could learn a bit of german at Aquatica,especially if that helps the underwater photographer (including me) .

Before you do this I recommend reading the Essay "The Awful German Language" by Mark Twain.

I'm happy that German is my mother tongue because it is a beautiful and very creative language. But I wouldn't try to learn it under other circumstances. It has more exceptions than rules.

The reasonning behind the name was to give it a catchy name that's easy to remember, and DIN fitting on valves are associated with a higher standard of performance, aside from the fact a cable called "yoke" would scare the hell out of me

But ISO, hey good idea! where going somewhere with this, I like that.

But I wouldn't try to learn it under other circumstances. It has more exceptions than rules.

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A nice 1.9 meter tall blonde called Regula was a set of circumstance good enough for me a few years ago exceptions! try french, it is an exceptional language .

Given that today's dSLRs have a great deal more potential than is being used underwater (remote operation, power-in leads, Firewire or USB output) I would say that a larger hole might be quite useful in many housings (for cameras that support these) - after all an adapter plug could easily be fitted, and a variety of adapters would make fitting of any existing or new cables, or even multi core cables with far more wires than currently utilised. The use of a webcam to view through the eyepiece is an idea that I've often wondered about, but this would require yet more cabling, etc.

That said, this would be overkill for many users but might be useful on the high end housings.

It would be wonderful if all housing manufactures used the same connectors. Well I would bet that no manufacture would change quickly. This is why I am retrofitting my housings with these connectors and building my own strobe cables. Since I'm using Ikelite DS-125 strobes, I will need to attach Ike's connector to my strobe cables.

http://www.seacon-usa.com/Products/DryMate/rubber_molded.htm

Using all Seacon connectors, haven't decided to have it dry or wet mateable. I do plan on having more than 6 conductors. I am leaning towards 12 conductors plugs and bulkheads, to allow for future addons,

A big plus is that majority of the SeaCon connectors are field repairable.

If everyone would follow the same connectors I use, I can get the prices down. Once I get everything planned out, I will let everyone know the prices and will give the "Wetpixel Member" discounts.

Curtis

After 20+ years with various connectors. I find this thread intresting. Most of my shooting with aquatica housings has been with nelson connectors/bulkhead. They look like the ones refered to as seas and sea on page one of this thread.These can be connected or taken apart wet just as EO the other system of wet connections. The new improved EO style is what Dave talks about. These two cord systems are 2 wire non ttl and have been around forever.They are solid and work well. As far as ttl Ike has the best system I've seen- a positive plug in with 1/2 solid plug line up. The worst by far is the nikonos- spring loaded pins and blind notch line up as well as one water drop ruins the system all adds up to a bad dream. This is the system that most of ttl user's are stuck with. I know subal uses a 6-7 pin setup but I have not seen it close up- As far a standard- I think its a good dream but just that-a dream. If any manufacture/engineer is out there reading this please check out the best of the Ike system and the worst of the nikonos and come up with a better system. Mark

They could do it if the manufacturers could agree on it. That's how the MIDI standard was developed in 81 or 82, allowing synthesizers from any company to "talk to one another and speak the same language."

Dema is coming this fall, maybe a late cocktail with a few company engineer and a lots of napkins, many a good idea was drawn on these littles pieces of paper

CD, DVD, telephone plugs, 4 track cassetes, AA batteries, tripod screws, 35mm film, Compact flash card, door knob hole size, just to name a fews existing standard, when there is a will there is a way, let the power that be....

Dema is coming this fall, maybe a late cocktail with a few company engineer and a lots of napkins, many a good idea was drawn on these littles pieces of paper

 

CD, DVD, telephone plugs, 4 track cassetes, AA batteries, tripod screws, 35mm film, Compact flash card, door knob hole size, just to name a fews existing standard, when there is a will there is a way, let the power that be....

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... let there be light.

Amen