shakespear
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This camera and the housing are $300 from Amazon, but I would like an option to add a strobe, but I cant find any place that sells one.
Can it even take one?
Can it even take one?
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Can it even take one?
Don't be tempted. I went through three of them in six months. It works fine except when it doesn't. First one just stopped working after 6 dives. No floods, just quit. They replaced it (3-4 weeks). Second one flooded. Ten dives. No reason, perfect o-ring, well lubed, no grit or hair, spring locks properly positioned. They replaced it. They do stand behind their product. (another 3-4 weeks) Third one quit flashing. Wouldn't flash for the test switch or slave to another flash. Four dives. I hung it up. It's sitting in my closet as a reminder that you get what you pay for. Others may have had better luck. Surprisingly, I think Sunpak is a partner co. to Sea & Sea. Their Japanese website says Sea & Sea/Sunpak.This is an inexpensive strobe by comparison.
Don't expect anything close to the pictures you'll get with the Canon. They're in no way equivalent. Some people do use Sea Life strobes (SL960D) with other brand cameras, but I have no idea how well they work. What I can tell you from experience is that it's a lot cheaper to buy quality first and pay for it when you start than to buy cheap and replace it with quality later. I have several hundred dollars of cheap stored in my closet, never to be used again. I have also corresponded with an SB member who has been through three stages of cheap, been frustrated over and over by the picture quality and traded up within months to what he could have bought to begin with. Pennywise, pound foolish.hmm, I may end up getting a reefmaster. The strobe for it is $189 Plus Ive seen it in action and like it