DrJRapp
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previously posted this elsewhere but I'm bringing it out to its own thread
I purchased an HD 1200 this week and I think the camera is great, at least conceptually.
I haven't had the camera in the water yet, but I have been using it on land to get familiar with all the controls and features before taking it on a dive.
My problem is syncing with my existing Sealife 960 Flash. The Sealife is configured to fire as a slave when it sees the flash of the camera. I've used the camera both in and out of the housing. The flash works well when out of the housing but when in the housing pictures of the same subject come out dark...really dark, even though the slave flash is firing! It appears as if the housing is either causing the camera to cut off the shutter before the external flash fires, or delaying the light getting to the slave so that it fires after the shutter closes.
I've tried both with the diffuser in place and with it retracted...same issue.
My dealer is clueless.....his answer is that I need to buy a mega expensive Sea & Sea external flash unit....from them..of course! I don't believe this is the only solution. Perhaps there is a universal fiber optic sync cord that can marry the two. Any help with this would be appreciated.
I purchased an HD 1200 this week and I think the camera is great, at least conceptually.
I haven't had the camera in the water yet, but I have been using it on land to get familiar with all the controls and features before taking it on a dive.
My problem is syncing with my existing Sealife 960 Flash. The Sealife is configured to fire as a slave when it sees the flash of the camera. I've used the camera both in and out of the housing. The flash works well when out of the housing but when in the housing pictures of the same subject come out dark...really dark, even though the slave flash is firing! It appears as if the housing is either causing the camera to cut off the shutter before the external flash fires, or delaying the light getting to the slave so that it fires after the shutter closes.
I've tried both with the diffuser in place and with it retracted...same issue.
My dealer is clueless.....his answer is that I need to buy a mega expensive Sea & Sea external flash unit....from them..of course! I don't believe this is the only solution. Perhaps there is a universal fiber optic sync cord that can marry the two. Any help with this would be appreciated.
