Which strobes do you use with your nikon?

tingkka · Nov 30, 2004

I have a few questions for those who dive nikon. can you list the gears you use and WHY you use it? what kind of shots do you mainly do? are they macro or wide or marine life,...?

i thought of getting the sea&sea D70 housing with 125 duel strobes with macro port and wide angle port. what do you guys think?

mjh · Nov 30, 2004

I bought a set up from a guy getting out of the hobby. Have a D100 in an Aquatica housing w/2 x Sea&Sea YS90DX strobes. They work well for an hobbiest like me. Might be a little underpowered if you like to shoot a lot of Reefscape type shots. Check this link for some info...

http://www.scubacam.com.sg/pages/Strobe Test.pdf

ssra30 · Nov 30, 2004

Well, I have exactly the setup that you mentioned, D70 with Sea and Sea housing, dual Ikelite DS125 strobes. See all the lenses that I used in my sig.
Basically I do mostly macro shots with my 70-180mm during the day and 60mm for night dive. I don't have a lot of experience with the wide angle side yet but with the 12-24mm lens in Sea and Sea Compact Domeport, you will need a +4 diopter otherwise the camera won't focus much closer than a meter.
I recently got the 10.5mm lens as well and it is WIDE. Will focus almost right on top of the domeport itself. If you get 10.5mm lens, you should definitely invest in Nikon Capture 4 software as it will easily correct the barrel distortion of the lens if you don't like all the bendy effect from the lens.
My biggest complain about the set up is that it is very very heavy on land. Underwater it is not all that heavy and I still manage to shoot while holding my camera with just one hand (but not for long).
The housing looks a bit bulky especially with the handle/tray in comparison to Nexus.

kdietz · Dec 2, 2004

I'm very happy with dual DS-125's and manual controllers....my wife shoots mainly macro, so we got her dual DS-50's and manual controllers....smaller, lighter, cheaper and nearly as bright....just not great for extreme WA

Karl

chippy · Dec 2, 2004

I'm using dual DS125's too, hooked up through a TTL sync lead (to my S2)

Chris Bangs · Dec 2, 2004

I being a dinosaur still use the Nikonos SB 105 and SB104 with my new and DRY Fuji S2. I dont use TTL therefore any Nikonos compatable strobe will work for me.

dsafanda · Dec 17, 2004

Have a D100 in a Light&Motion Titan housing dual Sea&Sea YS90DX strobes. If I had to do it again I think I'd go with Inon strobes.

fdog · Dec 18, 2004

It's rare if I am not using an Ike SubStrobe 300 or 400, paired with either the same or a smaller fill strobe.

Yes, they're not TTL with digital, but I get better results when shooting manual.

As old and heavy as they may be, their even, ultrawide coverage easily illuminates a 14mm with film! Let alone on a D100.

I may have to get new strobes, though, when moving to a D70...the strobe pulse is too long to take true advantage of the high sync speeds.

All the best, James

cdiver2 · Dec 18, 2004

Nikonos V with YS 60 for macro, Cannon Rebel in a S&S housing two YS120s, 20 & 28-70mm lens and one YS30 in slave mode if I want some extra light.

PapaBob · Dec 18, 2004

Nikonos III with Ikelite 225 for wide angle and twin mv50s for macro.

---Bob

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