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Seafrogs a7RIII optical bulkhead

Started Jan 4, 2020 | Discussions thread
PHXAZCRAIG
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Re: Seafrogs a7RIII optical bulkhead

Barmaglot_07 wrote:

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

kelpdiver wrote:

using the camera flash or a flash trigger is a pain in its own right, esp with the S&S strobes.

I'm curious as to why. I've only had experience with YS-D1's and optical triggering so don't see why it's a pain. I used the pop-up flash on a D810, and now a Nauticam LED trigger with a D850.

The optical sensor on YS-D2 strobes is significantly less sensitive than the one on YS-D1, and YS-D3 is worse than YS-D2 in this regard. Sea & Sea's own trigger for D3s uses twin AAA batteries and eats through them quite quickly, just to power the LED that is strong enough to drive these strobes - compare that to more common triggers that run for months on a coin cell battery.

Good to know.   I have three YS-D1's now, all used for a while.  (I bought two used ones well over a year ago to replace a dead one, and I've actually still not even tried them.)

I've thought a lot about what I would get to replace the YS-D1's, especially after all the negative press about YS-Dx models.   Thinking Retra.   I don't know of other strobes with flash power of YS-D1.

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