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STROBE READY LIGHT
TTL
Full
-2
-1
-3
-4
Ready Light
Fuel
Gauge
3
2
1
SOS
Batt
w/Lite
Off
On
On
w/Lite
Confidence Light
Ready Light
DS161 Strobe
STROBE READY LIGHT AND TTL HOUSING
The Ikelite DS161 Substrobe features a ready light that glows red when the DS161 has
recycled and is ready to fire its flash again.
The middle #2 LED on the fuel gauge functions as the visual ready light.
The #3 LED on the fuel gauge will glow GREEN for three seconds if the DS161 strobe
quenches, indicating that the strobe has provided proper exposure. If no green light
appears, check the image for possible under-exposure. When the strobe has recycled
again, the ready light will again glow red indicating that the strobe is fully powered and
ready to fire. If the strobe ready light does not glow red, the batteries may be expended.
Your camera’s ready light “lightning bolt” in the camera viewfinder may blink while the
DS161 is recycling and then glow solid when the DS161 is fully charged. Nikon DSLRs
and older Canon DSLR models such as the 20D and Rebel XT will always display a solid
glow “lightning bolt” regardless of the strobe cycle.
CAMERA READY LIGHT - Triggered via Sync Cord
When using a TTL/Auto exposure camera (film or digital) in an Ikelite TTL compatible
housing connected to the DS161 strobe by sync cord, the flash ready light in the
camera viewfinder and the DS161 ready light will both glow when the Substrobe has
recycled and is ready to fire.
If the Ikelite housing does not feature TTL compatible circuitry, then the ready light in
the camera viewfinder would not be triggered when the strobe has recycled.
