Sea & Sea YS-01 review

Lawrence Alex Wu · Issue 64, Jan/Feb 2012 · pp. 42–45

Products mentioned: Sea & Sea YS-01, Sea & Sea YS-02, Sea & Sea 110-alpha, INON UWL100, Canon PowerShot G12, Olympus C5050Z, Sea & Sea DX-2G

This mini gem of a strobe certainly packs a punch with lighting and features. And at almost half the price* and size of most reputable strobes, the YS-01 is a worthy picture perfect addition for any underwater photographer looking for strobes...for both macro and to my surprise, very wide angle underwater photography too. Wide-angle photos require both power and lighting angle coverage so I was skeptical when this palm sized surprise popped into my hands. So armed with a pair of these twinkling twins and my wet wide-angle lens, I decided to really put them to the test. Thanks to AquaMaster Thailand, my local SEA&SEA distributor, and over the span of several trips, I tried them out in the shallows, at depth, in darkness and in good to bad visibility. Without a doubt, these tiny powerhouses proved impressive on size, weight, intensity, angle of coverage, battery consumption, recycle time a…