Randallr
Contributor
I want to upgrade the strobe I've been using with my XZ-1 from the weak Olympus UFL-1 I've been using. The Sea & Sea YS-D1 has been suggested, but the jargon is making me crazy. Sea & Sea says on its own Web site that the YS-D1 is not compatible with the XZ-1 in DS-TTL II mode, but it IS compatible in SlaveTTL mode. I'm trying to understand the difference in real world terms.
Olympus in its documentation states that my UFL-1 is operating in slave mode - I gather because it's triggered by the camera's pre-flash, so technically the strobe is acting as a slave to the camera's flash master. If that's right, does that mean the YS-D1 would work in the same way with my XZ-1, or am I just fooling myself, and I'd be forced to operate it in manual mode?
My actual goal is two-fold: to continue to use the camera and strobe in TTL mode; and to be able to use two strobes - the new, higher-powered one, and the old, weak UFL-1 - in master-slave mode. I'm pretty much convinced I can't do this with the combination of the YS-D1 and the UFL-1. But I wanted to check. Thanks in advance for your help.
Olympus in its documentation states that my UFL-1 is operating in slave mode - I gather because it's triggered by the camera's pre-flash, so technically the strobe is acting as a slave to the camera's flash master. If that's right, does that mean the YS-D1 would work in the same way with my XZ-1, or am I just fooling myself, and I'd be forced to operate it in manual mode?
My actual goal is two-fold: to continue to use the camera and strobe in TTL mode; and to be able to use two strobes - the new, higher-powered one, and the old, weak UFL-1 - in master-slave mode. I'm pretty much convinced I can't do this with the combination of the YS-D1 and the UFL-1. But I wanted to check. Thanks in advance for your help.
