Print This Page
The YS-27DX strobe is designed for multipurpose underwater photography. This new strobe has beam angle of 105° x 84° and a guide number of up to 20 (ISO 100 / m) / 66 (ISO 100 /feet), providing spread and power for subjects that range from wide-angle macro.
The light level control dial of the YS-27DX has nine different light level controls, which increments from a minimum power of GN 1.7 to a maximum power of GN 20 (1EV step). The light level control dial enbales you to take ideal pictures, precisely adjustable to get just the right amount of light for the subject at hand.
The YS-27DX offers a pre-flash cancel mode (*1) that ensures the strobe won't fire prematurely when used with digital cameras that emit a small pre-flash burst before the main flash. This strobe is compatible with most digital cameras that have a pre-flash. An optional fiber-optic cable accurately synchronizes the strobe with your digital camera's built-in flash.
The YS-27DX's power source is four AA batteries, which provide strength and endurance for a full day's shooting without changing batteries. The recycle time of YS-27DX with 2700mAh nickel-metal-hydride batteries is only two seconds, providing speedy recovery for a rapid series of images. SEA&SEA adopts the dela-prism, which spread soft and delicate lighting of subjects, for YS-27DX.
The YS-27DX is an ideal slave sub-strobe for a digital SLR camera housing. It detects light from the main strobe's Flash and immediately fires in synchronization with the main strobe.
Main Features of the Wide Angle Lens
Can be attached easily in one turning action utilizing the bayonet system; can be attached and detached underwater. (The lens can be used on land as well as underwater.)
When the wide-angle conversion lens is mounted, the angle of view increases from 24mm to about 16mm.
[Lens] 3 elements in 3 groups
[Underwater angle of view] 85° (106.5° on land)
[Magnification] 0.65x
[Depth rating] 60m / 200ft
[Weight: Approx] 406g / 14.2oz (underwater: Approx. 230g / 8.1oz)
[Dimensions] (DIAxD) 97x48.5mm / 3.9x1.9 inch
* The lens can be used on land, but slight vignetting (dimming) may occur in the four corners of the image. Slightly zoom in to telephoto to eliminate vignetting.
*A shadow may appear in the image if the built-in flash is used when the wide-angle conversion lens is mounted. It is highly recommended that you use an external strobe.
Lens Caddy
The caddy enables the wide-angle conversion lens for the DX-1G to be attached to either the Sea Arm Light or Sea Arm VII.
Customers most agreed on the following attributes:
from Potsdam. Germany on 1/8/2010
Comments about Sea and Sea Sea & Sea DX-1G 10 Megapixel Digital Camera and Housing, YS-27DX Strobe Package,Wide Angle Lens, Lens Caddy and Pelican 1500 Hard Case:
A perect product for leisure and semiprofessional underwater photography. Comes close to DSLR
[2 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from Bayamon, PR on 3/27/2009
Comments about Sea and Sea Sea & Sea DX-1G 10 Megapixel Digital Camera and Housing, YS-27DX Strobe Package,Wide Angle Lens, Lens Caddy and Pelican 1500 Hard Case:
Exelent photos.
[7 of 8 customers found this review helpful]
from Tampa, FL on 2/25/2009
Comments about Sea and Sea Sea & Sea DX-1G 10 Megapixel Digital Camera and Housing, YS-27DX Strobe Package,Wide Angle Lens, Lens Caddy and Pelican 1500 Hard Case:
I bought this camera shortly after it came out on the market. I was on a trip and my other camera was stolen. I was expecting so much more from a camera of this caliber.
While there are many many settings to fine tune for your enviroment they are not easy to use.
Sea & Sea mode allows taking great pictures at depth but the recycle time is way too long. The key reason is Sea & Sea mode can ONLY capture in RAW format. I'm using the fastest memory card avalaible so there is no way to avoid this recycle time without switching to another mode which will add your blue tints back. When you spend several minutes taking just a few shots while waiting for the camera to recycle you pretty much have to "save" any shots incase you get the PERFECT shot otherwise you'll miss it waitng for the camera to recycle.
The quality of the camera is good, the housing is solid. It will take a beating and still stay sealed. The only issue I've had with the housing is the lense sometimes get stuck on the rubber boot of the case when powering on the unit and you can't use the camera until you surface and remove the camera and replace it. This can easily be avoided by turning the camera on after it's placed in the case but before you enter the water. I have to admit that this is the last thing on my mind when I put the camera in the case.
One very good this about this camera is, if your Sea & Sea battery pack dies this camera accepts 2x AAA batteries in its place. If you do need to resoert to the AAA batteries beware the internal flash will eat them. I would suggest getting some NiMH rechargables. I can easily get several dives off a set of rechargables but I usualy only get about 10 pictures on standard AAA batteries.
I own a strobe and the integration is great. The fiber optic cable and ports make it a simple. I have to give them credit for that.
Camera has support for the wide angle lense.
All in all, this camera is not for beginners. If you do buy it I would suggest that you seek out someone owns this camera to show you how best to use it. A high capacity high speed memory card is a must. In RAW format images are 4MB while the RAW file is roughly 16-20MB making the card fill up quickly.
My Canon A650IS is much easier to use and produces equal quality photos when used with a strobe. Shop around, do your homework and see what other options you have before making this purchase or you too may be left desiring more from your new camera.
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
Comments about Sea and Sea Sea & Sea DX-1G 10 Megapixel Digital Camera and Housing, YS-27DX Strobe Package,Wide Angle Lens, Lens Caddy and Pelican 1500 Hard Case:
Display to small, to dark, pale. Makro much to slow. To expensive.
[3 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Clearwater on 4/4/2008
Comments about Sea and Sea Sea & Sea DX-1G 10 Megapixel Digital Camera and Housing, YS-27DX Strobe Package,Wide Angle Lens, Lens Caddy and Pelican 1500 Hard Case:
Great camera.Lots of features .It's like having SLR in compact package.
simple way to atach strobes via two sockets on the housing.Much better than
Canon setup I use to have.