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#11 06-14-2005, 04:52 PM

Please do email me the photos and photos of your set-up. It sounds
interesting and I may like to try it. Imitation is the sincerest form of
flattery.

"Ken" <ken@k1at.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Ken
>>
>> Did you ever try that Otterbox and Auto Slave Light we discussed awhile
>> back? Curious how that worked for you?
>
> It worked very well indeed.
>
> A small Vivitar DF120 flsh (from 7dayshop) in an Otterbox 1000. This was
> held in my left hand, approx 1ft away from the camera and pointing at the
> subject. The diffuser in front of the built-in flashgun on my Oly750uz was
> replaced with a piece of black plastic cut out from the insert of a CD
> case. The Oly flash was turned down to fire at -2EV, yet despite the lower
> power and the blacking out the Vivitar fired reliably. The blacking out
> eliminated direct illumination from the built-in flash, turning down the
> built-in flash to one-quarter power maximises the camera battery life, yet
> there was plenty of light leaking around to trigger the Vivitar.
>
> Took the setup to Capernwray and took some pics of fish, mussels, and
> mostly my son Tom. The clarity was excellent, some pics look as if they
> could have been taken in tropical clear waters!
>
> Have since built a flash bracket using plastic flash bars by Hama, togethr
> with nuts, bolts and washers from B&Q. Meanwhile have arranged for the
> Vivitar to be powered by AA cells by mounting these external to the
> flashgun but of course within the Otterbox. Two pairs of AAs in parallel
> hold around six times the charge of a pair of AAAs do, and so minimises
> chances of running out of flash power during a dive, and minimising
> recharge times.
>
> The full setup (haven't tried the flash bracket yet) is unlikely to be
> tested until next month's family holiday during which I plan to do some
> dives (booked to do 5, last week July).
>
> I'll happily send you a few sample pics. Is your hotmail address referred
> to in your messages OK? I must admit my "return email address" is NOT OK
> as it is a wondrous way of attracting spam and other meats, some pretty
> hot!
>
> Ken
>

#12 06-14-2005, 04:52 PM

Please do email me the photos and photos of your set-up. It sounds
interesting and I may like to try it. Imitation is the sincerest form of
flattery.

"Ken" <ken@k1at.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:d8ndc2$alq$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
> "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ieGre.8299$2K4.8090@trnddc08...
>> Ken
>>
>> Did you ever try that Otterbox and Auto Slave Light we discussed awhile
>> back? Curious how that worked for you?
>
> It worked very well indeed.
>
> A small Vivitar DF120 flsh (from 7dayshop) in an Otterbox 1000. This was
> held in my left hand, approx 1ft away from the camera and pointing at the
> subject. The diffuser in front of the built-in flashgun on my Oly750uz was
> replaced with a piece of black plastic cut out from the insert of a CD
> case. The Oly flash was turned down to fire at -2EV, yet despite the lower
> power and the blacking out the Vivitar fired reliably. The blacking out
> eliminated direct illumination from the built-in flash, turning down the
> built-in flash to one-quarter power maximises the camera battery life, yet
> there was plenty of light leaking around to trigger the Vivitar.
>
> Took the setup to Capernwray and took some pics of fish, mussels, and
> mostly my son Tom. The clarity was excellent, some pics look as if they
> could have been taken in tropical clear waters!
>
> Have since built a flash bracket using plastic flash bars by Hama, togethr
> with nuts, bolts and washers from B&Q. Meanwhile have arranged for the
> Vivitar to be powered by AA cells by mounting these external to the
> flashgun but of course within the Otterbox. Two pairs of AAs in parallel
> hold around six times the charge of a pair of AAAs do, and so minimises
> chances of running out of flash power during a dive, and minimising
> recharge times.
>
> The full setup (haven't tried the flash bracket yet) is unlikely to be
> tested until next month's family holiday during which I plan to do some
> dives (booked to do 5, last week July).
>
> I'll happily send you a few sample pics. Is your hotmail address referred
> to in your messages OK? I must admit my "return email address" is NOT OK
> as it is a wondrous way of attracting spam and other meats, some pretty
> hot!
>
> Ken
>

#13 06-14-2005, 04:54 PM

Marshall Karp wrote:
> Ken
>
> Did you ever try that Otterbox and Auto Slave Light we discussed awhile
> back? Curious how that worked for you?
>
>
Ken and I have corresponded on this and I am giving it a go.
DF120 back in stock at 7dayshop, I just ordered one