SeaYoda
Contributor
I took the new strobe for a swim today. I had some pretty crummy conditions to work with for my first try at this. The viz was 10'-15' with loads of particulate matter. I did not get the usual out of focus backscatter from the internal strobe, I did get in-focus particles. To top things off, the jetties have changed with a lot of sand collecting on them from the hurricanes this year. There were not many critters out today and most of the ones I saw were fast - not so great for a rookie strobe slinger . I took lots of pics that were just playing with the settings to see what they would do. I did not use the diffuser on this dive.
General impressions of the strobe are:
1. It is powerful - It easily had an influence on color at 6' in murky water and I didn't have it turned up more than half way.
2. It has a tight angle of coverage - I'll have to do some work trying to diffuse the light from this thing. It takes some effort to aim without getting too much or too little light. Practice will help but it does need to be diffused.
3. Recycle time was faster than the RAW write time. The strobe was ready to fire before the camera was ready to take a picture. I didn't need to have the strobe on full power so it may take longer if I use a higher setting when I put a diffuser on the unit.
Here are some results:
General impressions of the strobe are:
1. It is powerful - It easily had an influence on color at 6' in murky water and I didn't have it turned up more than half way.
2. It has a tight angle of coverage - I'll have to do some work trying to diffuse the light from this thing. It takes some effort to aim without getting too much or too little light. Practice will help but it does need to be diffused.
3. Recycle time was faster than the RAW write time. The strobe was ready to fire before the camera was ready to take a picture. I didn't need to have the strobe on full power so it may take longer if I use a higher setting when I put a diffuser on the unit.
Here are some results: