Sea & Sea YS-27DX and Ikelite housing? Good pair?

[RJP]

I have a Sony DSC-P200 and an Ikelite housing.

Looking for a strobe and not sure if the Sea & Sea YS-27 DX will mate well with the housing and/or camera. Looking at the Sea&Sea package that comes with arm/tray etc.

Appreciate any throughts or advice?

 

[dbh]

I believe the YS-27 will work with your camera. However, the YS-27 can only be fired with a fiber optic cable (which is fine for the setup your have now). If you get one now that can be fired with the FO cable or a sync cord, you will not have to upgrade your strobe if you ever upgrade your camera / housing. In the Sea & Sea line, I would look hard at the new YS-110. It appears to be about $175 more......but will save you in the long run.

HTH,
Dave

 

[RJP]

Was at my LDS today and it appears that there is no way on god's green apple to attach the S&S strobe/arm to the ikelite housing. Holes don't line up, knobs don't screw in right, etc.

The S&S package says "universal" and that it would fit "most housings."

Don't know what the market share is within this market, but I would have thought that by any measure Ikelite would be included in any definition of "most"

 

[dbh]

I didn't even know that Sea & Sea made arms.

There is definitely a way to attach a Sea & Sea strobe to an Ikelite housing. Ikelite makes a ball adaptor but I have no idea what the part # is.

Dave