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Soup2:Hello, Just purchased a PT-015 for my 5050-C, Not a clue for a strobe, will be going on a dive trip to Coz in Oct. Any advise??
Thanks, Soup2
alcina:The A35 linked above is not really in the same league as the DS51 or 125 or the Inons- a totally different animal and one which, imho, is not well suited to getting the best out of the 5050.
I personally believe that a strobe is not the place to try to skimp - light is everything in photography and a good, solid strobe will last you for years and move systems with you as you change and grow.
The A35 and the older orange and black ss and M series Ikelite strobes do not handle the pre-flash generated by digital cameras. If you can disable the pre-flash, it may work but you will give up any advanced exposure control the camera would otherwise do.Strobes for many of the new digital cameras must fulfill requirements that are different than what has been required for film cameras.
Some of the digital cameras require a small initial preflash before the standard flash, allowing the camera to gain exposure information. The camera may not provide the best results without this preflash. The two flashes happen almost instantaneously. Most strobes for film cameras can not produce this rapid flash sequence.
Normal TTL strobes will exhaust their energy in the preflash and can not recycle fast enough to provide energy to flash for the photograph; or the strobe system must be capable of ignoring the preflash to produce a flash in sync with the main flash of the camera. Ignoring the preflash can cause camera exposure problems.
Current Ikelite Digital SubStrobes can provide both a preflash and a TTL flash when used with the TTL conversion circuitry in many Ikelite housings.