Ysd3 question

[deeper thoughts]

While watching the sea and sea video I have a question

• DS-TTL II

would this setting work with my olympus epl10/aoi housing or would I have to use slave ttl ?
thnx for any help and info

 

[Barmaglot]

As I understand it, the built-in LED trigger of the AOI E-PL10 housing does not support TTL, so you can only use manual mode.

Also, the YS-D3 strobes are known for having low sensitivity optical sensors, which causes problems with some LED triggers. Sea & Sea's own LED triggers use twin AAA batteries to power very strong LEDs that overcome this, but other vendors typically use lower power solutions. Before purchasing this specific combination of housing + strobes, I'd look for definite, first-hand confirmation that it actually works - underwater, as it is unfortunately not uncommon to have optically triggered strobes fire on land, but when water gets into the connectors after splashing down, it degrades optical transmission just enough to keep the sensors from tripping.

 

[deeper thoughts]

As I understand it, the built-in LED trigger of the AOI E-PL10 housing does not support TTL, so you can only use manual mode.

Also, the YS-D3 strobes are known for having low sensitivity optical sensors, which causes problems with some LED triggers. Sea & Sea's own LED triggers use twin AAA batteries to power very strong LEDs that overcome this, but other vendors typically use lower power solutions. Before purchasing this specific combination of housing + strobes, I'd look for definite, first-hand confirmation that it actually works - underwater, as it is unfortunately not uncommon to have optically triggered strobes fire on land, but when water gets into the connectors after splashing down, it degrades optical transmission just enough to keep the sensors from tripping.

Thnx backscatter just wrote me back and said only manual works
I asked if any strobes work in ttl with my setup
Based on what you wrote I doubt it now

 

[Barmaglot]

For what it's worth, my first pair of strobes were TTL-only (SeaFrogs ST-100 Pro), and while it kinda worked, from the moment I upgraded to manual-capable strobes (Retra Pro), I've used manual mode pretty much exclusively, even though I have a TTL-capable trigger board. The usefulness of TTL underwater is quite limited.