Strobe Help

andrea31419:

"Sea & Sea YS 30 Duo no cord this strobe has been used as a slave only. $160"

This info was posted in the "Market" for sale. Can this be used with the PT-010 housing? And in what capacity. crdiver said he used it as a slave only.

Thx.

Andrea

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Dee:

Being a slave strobe, it will be triggered by any other light source without the use of a sync cord or fiber optic cable. You can use it with the PT-10 if you don't cover the internal flash. HOWEVER....the YS30 isn't strong enough to be used as a primary strobe. It's normally used as a fill flash to eliminate or soften shadows. Since you'll have to use the internal flash to trigger it, that can't be covered which will still produce backscatter.

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bubble blower:

Will it work with a digital cameras pre-flash or will the pre-flash trigger it to fire prematurely?

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Dee:

No, it won't work with the digital pre-flash. Thanks, Bubble, I forgot about that. It will fire on the pre-flash and won't recover to flash on the second flash. The best way to use it is with a primary strobe as a fill-in for shadows. That's what I used mine for and it was great.

CD....since it won't ignore the pre-flash, unless I'm mistaken, a cord won't make a different.

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