Bigeclipse
Contributor
All,
I am making a dive in Lake George, NY on the Radeau (oldest military intact boat wreck in the U.S.). It is about 100ft deep. Very dark at that depth in Lake George and visibility on a bad day is around 10ft and on a good day 25-30ft. We were told Late Spring (which is when we are diving) is best so hoping for 20-30ft for visibility. Anyways, I did this same dive last year and used a Princeton tec 550 which was fine for my own View, but pictures came out pretty bad even using the camera light with the flashlight pointed in the same direction. Pictures were dark and grainy. I want to get a better light to aid in better quality pictures. I have been looking at two lights for sale on leisurepro. The first is the UK eLED light cannon, which got good reviews but I noticed it is only 825 lumens which may not make much more of a difference compared to the Princeton tec that im already using (550 lumens). The other im looking at is Blue Reef Orca Torch D800 also known as simply Blue Reef 2000 lumen light. This light states it is 2000 lumens. Only lasts 2.5 hrs which id never dive that long anyways. It also states it is a tec diving light. It states it has hot spot beam angle of 6° degrees with a 65° degree periphery angle (whatever that means). there are only 2 reviews I was able to find for this light (both were good). I could not find the beam angle specs on the UK eLED light cannon to compare. Thoughts? The top of my budget is really about 175$. Maybe in this budget range a new light wont make a difference. I really cannot afford the cave diving 500+ dollar lights that would make a difference. Thanks everyone!
I am making a dive in Lake George, NY on the Radeau (oldest military intact boat wreck in the U.S.). It is about 100ft deep. Very dark at that depth in Lake George and visibility on a bad day is around 10ft and on a good day 25-30ft. We were told Late Spring (which is when we are diving) is best so hoping for 20-30ft for visibility. Anyways, I did this same dive last year and used a Princeton tec 550 which was fine for my own View, but pictures came out pretty bad even using the camera light with the flashlight pointed in the same direction. Pictures were dark and grainy. I want to get a better light to aid in better quality pictures. I have been looking at two lights for sale on leisurepro. The first is the UK eLED light cannon, which got good reviews but I noticed it is only 825 lumens which may not make much more of a difference compared to the Princeton tec that im already using (550 lumens). The other im looking at is Blue Reef Orca Torch D800 also known as simply Blue Reef 2000 lumen light. This light states it is 2000 lumens. Only lasts 2.5 hrs which id never dive that long anyways. It also states it is a tec diving light. It states it has hot spot beam angle of 6° degrees with a 65° degree periphery angle (whatever that means). there are only 2 reviews I was able to find for this light (both were good). I could not find the beam angle specs on the UK eLED light cannon to compare. Thoughts? The top of my budget is really about 175$. Maybe in this budget range a new light wont make a difference. I really cannot afford the cave diving 500+ dollar lights that would make a difference. Thanks everyone!