Heinrichs Weikamp Nikon iTTL Converter

Mark Webster · Issue 42, May/Jun 2008 · pp. 33–37

Products mentioned: Heinrichs Weikamp Nikon iTTL Converter, Inon Quad flash, Subtronic Mini TTL, Nikon D200, Nikon D300, Nikon D100, Nikonos V, Nikonos IV, Nikon F3, Subal ND20, Light and Motion Titan housing, Sea & Sea converter, Athena converter, Ikelite converter, Olympus PT30

It’s funny how things turn full circle – they say that fashion repeats itself and I suppose it must be true of certain trends in photography, particularly underwater photography. My first steps with underwater photography were with Nikonos II’s and III’s followed by Nikon F’s and F2’s. These cameras were of course entirely manual, without even light metering, unless you had a photomic head for the F2a or a Sekonic marine meter for your Nikonos, and of course flash exposure was calculated via guide numbers followed by an anxious wait for your film to be developed. Then Nikon introduced TTL flash control with the F3 and the Nikonos V (there had been a brief flirtation with auto flash and the Nikonos IV but this was not a resounding success) and our lives changed – we could confidently expect predictably good flash exposures, especially in macro, and concentrate more on composition. The eve…