C-5060 and slave mode Strobe

[luca.cesarini]

Hello to everyone,
I'm an italian guy with a new C5060 ,a PT20 case and an YS90 AUTO I'd like to connect in TTL mode someway.
I've some questions about

1)does anyone know something more about the camera behaviour with the SLAVE mode for the internal strobe. I've discovered that in this mode there is no "pre-flash". (the YS90 Auto fire only if is set in AUTO1, i.e. for use with a classic sync cord)
2) does anybody knows the Oly hot shoe pin function?
3) does anybody knows what exactly do the "underwater housing" accessory setting?
Thank you in advance for any usefull answer

 

[ReyeR]

Hello to everyone,
I'm an italian guy with a new C5060 ,a PT20 case and an YS90 AUTO I'd like to connect in TTL mode someway.
I've some questions about

1)does anyone know something more about the camera behaviour with the SLAVE mode for the internal strobe. I've discovered that in this mode there is no "pre-flash". (the YS90 Auto fire only if is set in AUTO1, i.e. for use with a classic sync cord)
2) does anybody knows the Oly hot shoe pin function?
3) does anybody knows what exactly do the "underwater housing" accessory setting?
Thank you in advance for any usefull answer

1. Yes, you are correct, when you set the C5060 to Slave flash it won't fire a pre-flash. So if you set the C5060 to slave flash you will need to set the YS-90 Auto power switch to Auto(1) and the slave switch to ON if you use the fibre optic cable.
2. The Oly hot shoe pins are for Olympus' proprietary TTL flash control. Currently there is only one (possible) way to use the C5060, PT-020 and a Sea and Sea strobe in TTL:
- you will need Matthias' Olympus OEM-converter and connect it up to the PT-020's bulkhead (warning: this is a Do-It-Yourself project!). Check with him to see if it will work with the YS-90 Auto. See http://www.muenster.de/~matthias/blitz/indexe.htm. He is in Germany
- you will also need a Olympus to Sea and Sea sync cord from Mike: http://www.mike-dive.de/Projekte/OLYPT20.html. He is also in Germany.