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UW Technics ships TTL strobe trigger for Sony A6000 series cameras

by adamhanlon

UW Technics are shipping their TTL strobe trigger and converter for Sony A6000 series cameras in Nauticam housings. It offers fiber optic or electronic triggering and the board can be user installed. It works with Inon, Ikelite, Sea&Sea and Subtronic strobes.

Press release

UW Technics ships TTL converter for Sony A6000 ….A6500 cameras for Nauticam housings

This product line from UW Technics company includes SONY compatible TTL circuitry. The new product is internal TTL Converter for Nauticam underwater housings purposed for A6000 …A6500 cameras.

Combined circuit

The combined circuit, consisting of Optical TTL and Electrical TTL system is on a single board with both triggering methods available both separately or simultaneously.

Easy User Installation

Installation is very easy and takes around 1 minute.

User’s Manual is included with the circuit.

Easy control via the camera menu

TTL circuit is fully controllable via camera menu, including switching TTL / M, 1-st / 2-nd Curtain, Slow sync, +/- Flash Exposure Compensation, Manual Flash Intensity Adjustment in M mode, Flash «Off» etc.

Special feature for M mode:

Flash intensity adjustment in M mode, using camera wheel and camera scale

TTL circuit firmware has a special module, which allows the photographer to use 3 variants of M mode, including classic method and advanced method as well. Advanced control allows adjusting underwater strobe light intensity manually via camera scale (approximately 1/64 ….. 1/1). This case photographer does not need to operate dial switches on the strobe body, he can just keep hands on the housing, switch M mode and set the flash intensity by camera controls.

TTL Accuracy

Tests showed fantastic TTL accuracy in a wide range of camera settings. The newest firmware contains an accurate TTL profile for each strobe type: Inon Z330, Z240, S2000; Ikelite DS161, DS160; Sea&Sea YS-D1, YS-D2, YS-250; Subtronic Pro-270, Pro-160. Strobe type can be easily set by onboard miniature 10-position rotary switch.

No mechanical switch ON / OFF

UW Technics TTL Converters don’t need any On/Off external switch. The device switches On/Off automatically by camera command. This is a very comfortable feature for the user, he need not think about switching the device and need not have any mechanical switch on the housing.

Incredibly long battery life

Battery life is 5 years in continuous working mode. Products have microcurrent consumption from a pair of CR2032 batteries and an automatic On/Off switch. Users need not care about the battery during a dive trip.

Specifications of TTL Converter:

Contact:

UW Technics can be contacted via email or via their Facebook Page. Full specifications and detail of all their products are available on the UW Technics website.