Analog strobes with D200

[Clay Coleman]

I'm currently making the switch to digital, and I've settled on the D200. I was out last weekend with Jesse Cancelmo, and I noticed that he was using his D200 with a pair of old Ike 200 strobes. He ***ured me that he could get consistent exposures with the power settings on the strobes (and seeing a few of his pics, indeed, he can). As I currently only own 1 Ike 200 but several Ike 100's, I'm wondering if anyone has experience using analog Ike 100's (with their minimal power settings of either full or 1/2) with digital setups. -Clay

[Jonathan Bird]

Clay,
I can't actually answer your question, but I was in the same spot as you. I sold my 100's on eBay and got around $150 each for them and bought 125's. They are awesome and if you use them with the Ike housing you get honest-to-goodness TTL! They also recycle faster and offer man more flashes per charge.

I kept my 200s for my one remaining film system but have no intention of using them on the digital system! (I am drooling over the new digital 200's though.)

Jonathan

[Ryan]

Since you can adjust f-stop in 1/3 stop increments on the camera, you'll always be able to dial in exposure. The limited power settings may have you using an f-stop higher (diffractive softening) or lower (limited depth of field) than you'd like.

I would suggest blocking all wires in the sync circuit of whatever housing you are using other than trigger and ground to avoid compatibility issues.