Optical Ocean Sales Focus/Video Light Beam Test

[JackConnick]

We recently shot a series of test shots that show the relative beam and strength of the focus and video lights we currently sell. These were simply aimed at a wall 5' away and shots taken with the same exposure and lens. Nothing scientific, but does give a "real world" look at how the lights perform. Be sure to look at their price vs. performance as well!

This link will download a .full-size .pdf file with links to the lights for more info.

This link will take you to a slide show of the original shots, un-cropped. turn on "Show Info" to see titles.



Enjoy!

 

[Sail Rock Diver]

if the flash trigger does the sola 1200 turn off for a mili sec.?

 

[JackConnick]

No. It doesn't have the AFO circuitry. If you shoot faster than about 1/100-125th/sec you'll never see any of these lights.

 

[cardog]

if the flash trigger does the sola 1200 turn off for a mili sec.?

Only the Big Blue with AFO shuts off when the strobe is triggered.....

 

[Sail Rock Diver]

@ Jack , i have the sola 1200 photo ,epl1 and have done a night dive with the 14-42mm and 2 Sea & Sea 110a and got does pics


what have i done wrong ??

shutter 160, f 6.3 iso 200

 

[cardog]

Are you shooting in manual or ttl?

 

[mjh]

I work with Jack so will let him answer but....As cardog asked settings would be helpful. It really looks like your strobe positioning may need to be looked at and power settings. Here are two basic presentations that may help.

http://opticaloceansales.com/files/Strobe Positioning-sm.pdf
http://opticaloceansales.com/files/Shooting Tips-sm.pdf

 

[JackConnick]

As Martin said, I'm not seeing your strobes. They need to be more on the subject. Try also turning the intensity of the light down. TTL could be a factor.

Jack

 

[buton]

why the difference between the big blue FF1 and AL1? interesteing, thanks for sharing

 

[Akoni]

Jack, would you say the sola 1200 photo and 1200 video have a similar beam? I have a 1200 vid and it works well for me but would like to try a red light option. Are you aware of a slip-on type red filter solution for the 1200?