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Strobes not firing underwater

Started Oct 11, 2021 | Questions thread
OP SilvyG New Member • Posts: 13
Re: Strobes not firing underwater

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

SilvyG wrote:

I would like to circle back with the current situation. I got the strobes to fire underwater this weekend, on two dives. I have changed three things:
- mode of shooting for the strobes. Backscatter advice was to use the second mode which is without pre-flash. It worked on land but very sporadically in the water. The mode that worked consistently in the water was the first mode (with pre-flash)

That seems very surprising to me. What trigger comes in the Isotta housing?

I've always used the 2nd position with my YS-D1's and Nauticam D850 trigger, but the YS-D3's have that color-coded. Are you using the orange or green setting?

What flash settings do you have set on the camera?

The manual optical trigger is made by Isotta, and I had it installed at the time I ordered the housing. I am using the first position (orange), which is with camera pre-flash. I was told to use the green but when that didn't work consistently, I tried the orange. I have done now 4 dives with it and it worked well every time.

For the flash settings, I followed the advice from Backscatter and reset it to the factory settings. So whatever they are...happy to look if you tell me which setting you would like to see from the Menu.

Thanks.

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