The Sea & Sea YS-17 Strobe Package includes everything you need to use the strobe with small digital cameras in underwater housings. This is a slave flash that is best used with the included Sea & Sea Fiber Optic L-Type Sync Cable, for a flood free connection. The fiber optic cable transmits light from the camera's built in flash to the slave sensor on the strobe. The L shaped connectors resist bending and have improved light conducting efficiency.
Waterproof to 200' (60 m), this underwater flash allows TTL exposure control in slave mode. This makes multiple flash applications and single flash macro photography easy. Using the YS-17 flash with your camera and housing will greatly improve your image quality.
As you go deeper underwater the blue color of the water filters out all the beautiful reds, oranges, and other colors. Using an external flash close to your subject brings back the true vibrant colors of the underwater world. The camera's internal flash is too close to the lens and will cause a snow like effect called back-scatter. So the YS-17 is the perfect way to light up the underwater world.
The Sea & Sea Grip-Stay S is designed to attach the YS-17 to small camera housings. To keep things stream-lined you can pass the fiber optic cable through the grip.
To complete the package we have the Sea & Sea Strobe Mask Set that is used to attach the Sea & Sea Fiber Optic Cable to many manufacturers underwater housings. The mask blocks the on-camera flash from exposing your subject. This prevents back-scatter. The grommet allows the cable to be attached in front of the on-camera flash so the light will trigger your external strobe.
