New Athena ring flash released

by adamhanlon Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Article Summary:

Athena has announced a new ring flash unit which uses Sea & Sea flash heads as the power source. The ring flash can be connected to a modified Sea & Sea YS-01 or YS 110a via a five pin Nikonos type sync cord. The YS-110a flash head has two Nikonos ports so that more than one strobe can be used.

This new design has the ability to disconnect the ring flash from the sending unit for ease of packing. It also has the potential for use of TTL with both wired and fiber optic cords and a longer lasting power supply for the sending unit. There will be adapters available to suit different manufacturers ports.

You need to look at the photos in the Athena link again. This is not a Sea & Sea strobe. Athena has taken the Sea & Sea YS-01 and YS 110a, removed the flash tube and added one male Nikonos V socket to the 01 and two sockets to the 110a to attach the ring part of the flash. On the 110a the five pin out to the housing still remains or fiber optics can be used. You will see that strobe head has the Athena name but clearly comes from S&S;. Phil Rudin
Posted by tropical1 on 2010-05-23 10:24:47 The information in this article on the Sea and Sea YS-110a strobe is incorrect. I own the unit and there is only 1 - 5 pin Nikonos ports. However, it is set up to use an optical cable as well.
Posted by KirkD on 2010-05-22 19:36:40