Sp-350 + Inon D2000S settings

[visa67]

Hi my friends,
I have bought a used strobe, an Inon D2000S (optical fire)

The manual is in Japanese!!!!!

Since I do not have any experiences regarding flash or srobe, please would U help me, indicating the functions of the strobe and the right settings, even for the camera.

In the back of the D2000S there are 2 controls:

1) on the left there is: OFF - STTL (means???) - LOW - FULL

2) on the right there is: (yellow letters) Super S-TTL:
A: -5, -6(ttl optical)
B:
C: -4, -3, -2, -1, -0.5

Please, would You instruct me on these modes, and suggesting the best setting ???

Then, regarding the Olympus SP-350 camera, I shoot in manual, A mode mainly;
regarding the flash..which set I have to use????


Thanks a lot in advance.
Vito

 

[gert7to3]

I googled your strobe model and the first hit has three pdf files of the instructions. The third one has a quick start guide:

Inon D2000s Strobe - H2O Photo Pros

Also go to the "Tips & Techniques" folder in this forum and check out the three stickies for further advice.

 

[gert7to3]

Oops, forgot the camera question.

It looks as though your Inon strobe can be used in either manual mode or in a mode to accommodate a pre-flash from the camera. The standard SP-350 flash mode has a preflash. That's where you will use the S-TTL setting.

You can set the SP-350 flash to Slave mode as well. Go to [OK/Menu>Mode Menu>Camera>Flash>Slave>1]. This will set the flash to go off just once. The number 1 setting is a low power setting and will extend battery life.

I use M (manual) on my SP-350. I usually set the macro on for everything; aperture to ƒ6.3 or 7.1; ISO between 50 and 200, dependent upon lighting conditions and brightness of my subject; set the shutter speed to obtain a pleasing shade of ambient (background) light (faster shutter speeds underexpose the background and make it darker); and use the control on my strobes to achieve correct exposure on my subject. This way I have only one thing to change while taking pictures.

 

[visa67]

Thanks for Yr help and suggestions.

Tomorrow I will go to the sea to test it (in freediving)

Thanks again
vito