Sea & Sea YS-D3 duo

Dan Bolt · Issue 135, Nov/Dec 2023 · pp. 32–34

Products mentioned: Sea & Sea YS-D3 duo, Sea & Sea YS-D3 MKII, Backscatter MF-2 mini-flash, Olympus EPL7, Olympus OM-D E-M1, Olympus OM-1, Aquatica housing, Nauticam WWL-1, Subsee +10 dioptre

Loki, the god of mischief (if you believe in such things), was hard at work recently it would seem. Not only did the new Sea & Sea YS-D3 duo land on my doorstep just days before my Aquatica housing was being sent off for a service (first time in 5 years, I thought I better had), but he also threw a severe winter storm at the Highlands of Scotland when I was due up there to shoot for this article. So I’ll preface this review with an apology for the old tech, and somewhat lack-lustre images… but I had to take what I was given: a borrowed, ageing Olympus EPL7 in Olympus housing (circa 2014), and three days shore diving in poor vis. The Sea & Sea YS-D3 duo has been released in addition to existing YS range of strobes and is not touted as a replacement for the YS-D3 MKII. Rather it’s an augmented version of the current D3 that now supports OM Systems (previously Olympus) “RC mode” for TTL fla…