JimSwims 31 Posted October 1, 2012 Great so its not the strobe Like John said time to get some proper cables. I recently upgraded to the Inon L connectors which are very neat and can be fitted to the larger sensor with an adjustment. Cheers, Jim. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rainer 3 Posted October 1, 2012 Thanks, everyone. I'm going to try getting my hands on another fiber optic cable to see if that helps. I did try snipping the end of the current Toslink cable, but no better luck (light is definitely shining through, though). I'll polish up the sensor with some alcohol as well. Going to have to wait till tomorrow, though. Sick of shooting into the mirror. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimSwims 31 Posted October 1, 2012 ...........I'll polish up the sensor with some alcohol as well. Going to have to wait till tomorrow, though. Sick of shooting into the mirror. It's the insertion point on the camera housing that may need attention rather than the sensor on the strobe; would try flushing it first with warm water using a syringe. The strobe sensor is plastic could alcohol affect that adversely? Cheers, Jim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lwang 0 Posted October 1, 2012 So when you flipped the fiber optic cable around, did that cause the strobe in question to suddenly work? It should, or else the strobe itself is not calibrated the same way as the other, thus its threshold of firing is higher than the good strobe. Even so, the strobe in question firing itself at least 1/10 sec after it should cannot be due it not capturing only part of the light coming out of the toslink cable, since by 1/10 sec later, the duration of the flash has long been over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bvanant 189 Posted October 1, 2012 Type 3 strobes have much less sensitive sensors than the T4 (but this one was supposedly converted) so that might not work. Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rainer 3 Posted October 3, 2012 Busy couple of days and we're leaving town through the weekend, but I'll get back to this when we return. Thanks, everyone for all the suggestions. Really hoping this can be fixed with a new cable and isn't something more serious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdpriest 115 Posted October 4, 2012 Last night, at EMUP (our photo club), we dived in the delights of Stoney Cove, well-known to Brits who have to dive somewhere, when the weather is bad. One member's Inon D2000 was particularly balky. Back on dry land it turned out to be the housing end of the fibre-optic link that wasn't always picking up the camera's flash, depending on how much tension was put on the fibre-optic cable. Using Inon and Nauticam cables I have never (touch wood!) had a problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
