Underwater strobe, use on land?

nshon · Oct 19, 2005

Not that I want to find out the expensive way but how safe is it to use an underwater strobe (Inon D-2000) on land. Say to take 10-20 shots.

Do underwater strobes depend on water to cool off?

Mike Veitch · Oct 19, 2005

nshon:
Not that I want to find out the expensive way but how safe is it to use an underwater strobe (Inon D-2000) on land. Say to take 10-20 shots.

Do underwater strobes depend on water to cool off?

I've used my YS 120s on land as slave strobes, never had a problem...

But if i were you i would check with Inon

Spoon · Oct 19, 2005

nshon:
Not that I want to find out the expensive way but how safe is it to use an underwater strobe (Inon D-2000) on land. Say to take 10-20 shots.

Do underwater strobes depend on water to cool off?

ive been curious as well. glad you asked.

fergyjohn · Oct 19, 2005

Why wouldn't it, after all it's only a flash unit! I have used my Inon D180 many times (great photos) only problem I have to place it in the housing as if set up for diving.

_Bella_ · Oct 19, 2005

I recently tested some new nimh batteries and didn't do it underwater. I set my YS90dx off 300 times and finally got tired. When I gave up, the strobe was warm but not hot.
I always test my strobes before I take them on a dive and fire them once or twice.

reefwreck · Oct 23, 2005

http://www.digitaldiver.net/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=9531;start=msg84382#msg84382

Check out the above thread at DigitalDiver.Net. I've used my INON Z-220 for topside shots for over a year now. No issues I'm told, as long as you avoid rapid bursts of no more than 10-20. I like to shoot with the strobe topside at very high shutter speeds, small apertures (f8.0) low strobe power settings and a diffuser to help soften the light. Here are a few examples from my web photo gallery. Taken with the 5050 in SMacro mode.

fdog · Oct 23, 2005

I've used a couple Ike Substrobes for slave fill at a friends' wedding with no issues, except, they had quite a bit more horsepower than I needed.

You used to be able to get an Ikelite sync cord with a land (PC socket) end on it, so that tells you something.

All the best, James

PapaBob · Oct 23, 2005

fdog:
I've used a couple Ike Substrobes for slave fill at a friends' wedding with no issues, except, they had quite a bit more horsepower than I needed.

You used to be able to get an Ikelite sync cord with a land (PC socket) end on it, so that tells you something.

All the best, James

Hi James:

A couple years ago I tried to assemble a makeshift home studio with a dropcloth background, my Ike substrobe 225 as side light and the camera and speedlight approaching from the other side. An mv50 was used as a back light to give depth. Unfortunately the ttl features of camera and Ike strobes did not work together. If I slaved and fired all strobes manually, and manually set the camera, I could get consistent light readings on my incident meter. I used an embroidery hoop with some light white fabric as a difuser, softener. It actually worked ok in the end, but not close to what a moderately priced monolight umbrella or softbox setup could have done.

Don Burke · Oct 23, 2005

I use my underwater slave strobes more on land than underwater. They are great for when I need a lot of light. Balancing a couple of strobes can take some experimenting and my D-70 needs to be in the manual mode to get it right.

nshon · Oct 24, 2005

I was going to answer my own question. The manual states that you shouldn't use it on land, but then again given the replies, you shouldn't drive above the speed limit.

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