Recently purchased a Aquatica Housing for the Canon 20D and now need to get dual strobes for this setup. Planning on shooting both Macro (100mm) and Wide Angle (10-22mm). Have been looking at the Ikelite DS125 and the INON Z220 and was wondering pros and cons for each setup. Also is there another strobe setup I should be considering for this camera setup? Thanks for any feed back you can proivde.
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Strobe Choice for Canon 20D with Aquatica Housing
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Strobe Choice for Canon 20D with Aquatica Housing
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Hi! Welcome to wetpixel! Well, there are advantages and disadvantages on both strobes. In a nutshell:
Z220: Smaller, lighter, uses AA batteries, 11 manual power settings, 5500k light.
DS125: More powerful (I think, but not by much), 4 manual power settings, warmer 4800k light (more to the red side of the spectrum), uses a rechargeable NiCad module, faster recycle time (but not by much, 1 second versus 1.5 on the Inon).
If you travel a lot and to places without access to electricity I'd say the Inon is the best choice. Otherwise, it comes down to personal preference, you can't go wrong with either.
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I have setup 4 rigs now and have always gone with the Z220's. Compact and controllable. They seem to make sense for traveling in today's climate of weighing and measuring bags and reductions in weight allowances on some flights.
