Underwater housing and strobe

[Chris30D]

Anybody using additional strobes with the G9 and housing? I've tried searching but can't some up with anything yet. Surely I'm not going to be limited to the built-in flash am I? Just looking to answer some questions before I purchase the housing. Thanks!

[gubak1]

Hi!
I think sealife is a firm, who provides wide range of underwater accessories. Try to visit their site.

[andydajo]

Have a look on www.scubacoard.com they may have some better answers.

[cicopo]

It's easily done, but not cheap. You will fire them by blocking off the light output from the built in flash but you install a small fitting (or 2) to fire the remote slaves through a fiber optic cable. The fitting comes with the strobe kit, along with some form of mounting material and the cable locks into the fitting using an O ring. You will need to decide whether or not you want the strobe to fire at one power level and then match the camera settings to the flash output, or a strobe with adjustable power settings. Sea & Sea or Ikelite & Inon seem to be the popular choices.
(I expect to upgrade to a G9 shortly so have been doing my homework). Use the links in the G 9 underwater housing question for more help.

[Chris30D]

Thanks for all the good info. I had already gone over budget by getting the G9 and was hoping to avoid the expensive housings and saw the Canon housing was pretty affordable. Looks like at this point I may just use the built-in until I get some more cash. Thanks again!

[cicopo]

I don't know if this will work but I have my S1 IS and housing up for sale & a photo of the adapter I built can be seen in this photo (if it opens) with 2 eyelets for my dual strobe fiber optic cables. The built in flash is right behind them.
http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-ViewAdLargeImage?AdId=30564803&img=http://kijiji.ebayimg.com/i19/08/k/000/78/75/1e41_18.JPG

[Chris30D]

I see. That's pretty cool. If I didn't already have my camera I might have been interested. Thanks!

[cicopo]

Well if that worked out you can sort of see it with the dual strobes attached at the end of this album.
http://picasaweb.google.com/cicopo/CozumelDivingWithBlueXTSea
I think you will be happier with the G 9, just the large LCD by itself is a great improvement over what I have been using. Using dual strobes means shooting in manual & you need to be able to read the settings & change them quickly underwater or the target has swam away.