new seacam flash for nikon and canon

[Kasey 0]

Uhh - why must you remove batteries from strobes? THis doesn't apply to other electronics so I'm wondering if terrorists might use them as a weapon to blind everyone. Seriously, though, why?

[Starbuck 0]

TSA in Hawaii told me of potential fire hazard (heat buildup) if strobe starts to fire... I thnk it is even listed in their documents somewhere...

 

I had to remove all batteries from my Ike strobes and package separately before they would let me through..

 

M.

[Marc Furth 3]

I’ve been communicating with Stephen Frinks about purchasing one of the first flashes to come in to the US. I’m some what concerned about the battery issue and have ask about the battery type ? I’m assuming it’s a NiCad which I’m not to crazy about. I much prefer MiMH batteries over NiCad because of the memory problem. I still use a 50 watt 12 volt light bulb to fully discharge my SB 104 batteries before I charge them. I’m wondering how I’ll keep the internal batteries of this new flash at peak performance If I can’t cycle them while not fully discharged ?

 

Marc

[Chris Bangs 0]

back to the battery issue. on my return trip to Japan, TSA pulled my strobes out and asked if the batteries were in them. they were not of course, but I did ask the guy about what would happen if the batteries could not be removed. the answer was quick and simple. "you would not be able to take them on the plane" the real question would be. what do you do with them in an airport that does not have a shipping service?

[cronix 0]

I own two of the strobes made by Seacam; they rule. Look at:

http://www.elysia.nl/phpnuke/html/modules....=view_album.php

 

the wide agle shots are made with my d2x, 10.5mm and the Seacam strobes

[cronix 0]

By the way. I traveled though the US on my way to Mexico. No problems with TSA; they checked my strobes 2 times. Ok, you have to stand in que for an hour. That's new for someone from Europe.

[Rocha 0]

Great shots, I especially liked the caves. Do they work on TTL when there is 2 strobes connected?

 

Luiz

[cronix 0]

Yes they do TTL with 2 strobes attached. Seacam has new digital electronics that will do just that. This part has to be installed in hour housing, but it will work with other strobes attached (I also use sb800 en sb80dx strobes in Subal housings). So no problems there

 

My housing is at Seacam right now for this modification. I will have it back next week.

[Rocha 0]

My housing is at Seacam right now for this modification. I will have it back next week.

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Great, let us know how it goes when it comes back.

 

Luiz

[ce4jesus 1]

"what do you do with them in an airport that does not have a shipping service?"

As I often travel with tools which are forbidden in the cabin of aircraft, and have more than once forgotten to check these in luggage, I can tell you that they go to the local county lost and found in most places if the airport doesn't have one themselves. Good luck on retrieving anything valuable.

[cronix 0]

My housing is back from Seacam. And I just returned from the BOOT show in Germany where I intensively spoke with Harald Hordosch about the new strobes.

 

My fist tests say that all is working very well. My housing is now fitted with a special electronic circuit that makes it possible to do TTL with two strobes on a cable connected to my D2X. The strobes and housing how have N6 connectors which have 6 in stead of 5 connections. The extra line is used as a digital communication line between the strobes.

 

My first results show that this is working very well. The nice thing is that you now have a master slave configuration. Both can work on manual, but it's also possible to leave the slave on automatic. The manual setting of the master will then set the manual output of the slave.

 

I will leave to Mozambique an Antarctica the next two monts where I will test the new setup intensively.