sgietler 1 Posted March 9, 2007 (edited) I was wondering if anyone has used a YS90DX strobe with a fiber optic cable before on a point-and-shoot camera. if so, did it work ok? which fiber optic cable did you use? I'm sure the sea-n-sea fiber optic cable works, I was just wondering if other ones work as well... sometime these strobes work as a slave strobe off the internal flash even without a fiber optic cable. they are able to "see" the flash come out the side of the housing. that's how my fantasea strobe works. has anyone tried this with the YS90-DX? thanks! Scott Edited March 9, 2007 by sgietler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickM 0 Posted March 9, 2007 I have one and it works fine. Never had any problem with it triggering the strobe. It's a Sea&Sea one but I'm sure about any will work, it just seemed to fit the YS90 the best. Never tried that YS90-DX as just a slave off the internal strobe - I had it covered pretty well. Didn't want anything sneaking out to light up any floating bits in the water. Rick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jarhed 0 Posted March 9, 2007 I have also used the YS 90 w/ fiber optic cable. Works great, never had a problem. As mentioned, Make sure you cover up your internal flash to avoid backscatter. I never used it in slave mode without the fiber optic cable, but assume it would be a bit less reliable, but should work. Take care, John Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSPhoto 0 Posted March 19, 2007 I've used the YS 90, one wired one slave, on a housed D-70 and had very poor results, sometime the slave would fire sometimes not with just minor changes in strobe angle. Fiber optic does sound the way to go. Charles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thatporchdawg 0 Posted March 20, 2007 I've used two YS90-DX strobes with fiber optic cable triggering on an old P&S and had pretty good results. I used two fiber optic cables, so each strobe had their own cable to trigger with. I never tried using the strobe in slave mode since this depends very heavily on the slave sensor getting light from the wired strobe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charles Stirling 0 Posted April 13, 2007 I've used two YS90-DX strobes with fiber optic cable triggering on an old P&S and had pretty good results. .......... What fiber optic did you use? I've tried one now with just a plane ended fiber cable and it did work on land but interested in ideas about attaching it to the front of the strobe. Charles Stirling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
