Hand slave strobe

[tflaris]

Looking for a hand held slave strobe that will work with strobes on a digital camera. Any one have any ideas where to find them?

Looking to take a few cave photos.

Thanks

Tony Flars


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[Sludge]

Thanks

Tony Flars

And all this time I've been misspelling your name!

[limeyx]

Looking for a hand held slave strobe that will work with strobes on a digital camera. Any one have any ideas where to find them?

Looking to take a few cave photos.

Thanks

Tony Flars


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My recommendation is to get an Ikelite "Manual EV Controller" (one per slave). Hook it up to any IKE strobe you want to use for a slave.
Strap the IKE to your doubles, or hand-hold it toward something, then point the EV controllers light-sensor toward the camera strobes and have at it.

This is the most reliable system I have seen so far.

There is a German Heinrich Reisekamps ? "RSU" which will do the same for a Sea&Sea strobe, and it is smaller than the IKE but I could not get it to work reliably (sometimes it would prevent the strobe from working at all, sometimes would not trigger) and it gets flooded in daylight so hard to test.

A guy on wetpixel was selling some home-made ones and I think some people had success with that.

Nick

[Kelly Jessop]

My recommendation is to get an Ikelite "Manual EV Controller" (one per slave). Hook it up to any IKE strobe you want to use for a slave.

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[limeyx]

Here are a few shots I took like this in Mx with a DS50. If you have darker caves, then you might need a bigger slave but I had this on about 1/2 power I think so as not to blow ot the BG.

[Benderr]

Inon strobes have a built-in light sensor for slave usage, or you can run a fiber optic.

I've used an Inon for several years in all conditions, and it has performed perfectly. I also have a few buddies I talked into Inons, and they're very happy with them as well.

http://www.uwcp.com/

[limeyx]

Inon strobes have a built-in light sensor for slave usage, or you can run a fiber optic.

I've used an Inon for several years in all conditions, and it has performed perfectly. I also have a few buddies I talked into Inons, and they're very happy with them as well.

http://www.uwcp.com/

The Sea&Sea do too, but the issue is that the strobe fires in the same direction as the slave sensor points on them, and I think the Inon too.
That means you have much less flexibility in where you can light with the slave.

WIth the EV controller, the sensor and strobe positions and directions are decoupled so you have a lot more flexibility

[Benderr]

The Sea&Sea do too, but the issue is that the strobe fires in the same direction as the slave sensor points on them, and I think the Inon too.
That means you have much less flexibility in where you can light with the slave.

WIth the EV controller, the sensor and strobe positions and directions are decoupled so you have a lot more flexibility

I'm pretty sure the sensor mounted on the underside of the inon is 360 degrees (I've never specifically tested this), more if you count the underside area of the sensor, that protrudes half an inch or so from the bottom of the body
http://reefphoto.com/index.php?main_...oducts_id=3513

"For the S-2000, Inon engineers developed an ultra sensitive slave sensor with 100 times more sensitivity and a fourfold range compared to the D-2000. A directional window cap is included for truly wireless operation, or existing Inon fiber optic cables can be used for the ultimate in reliability and accuracy."

The window cap is a simple mirror system that lets you point light from one direction or the other, but if the cap is off, you have 360 degrees plus.

[limeyx]

I'm pretty sure the sensor mounted on the underside of the inon is 360 degrees (I've never specifically tested this), more if you count the underside area of the sensor, that protrudes half an inch or so from the bottom of the body
http://reefphoto.com/index.php?main_...oducts_id=3513

Interesting. I wonder if anyone has gotten to see how well it works.

[Benderr]

Interesting. I wonder if anyone has gotten to see how well it works.

I shoot a D2000w, which allegedly has the older generation sensor.....

I just placed my strobe in my kitchen, with the lights out. From my living room, with the lights on, I was able to trigger the Inon from 20ft-25ft away (depending on the angle) including facing me, facing away, and from directly below. I suspect, with all lights out, and simulating cave conditions, it would do better (I didn't try from further than 25ft in any event).