I hope this is the right place to put this thread.
I'm curious as to the optimal distance from the lens to the video lights in order to best illuminate a wide angle shot while minimizing backscatter. I have never used video lights before, and have been out of the water for the past decade focusing on other things in life. Heading to Maui soon and want to get good video of my son as he does his first dives and completes his open water cert.
The equipment I'll be bringing is a GoPro Hero 11 (2 of them, but one will be going without lights and just a red filter). For lights I've got a pair of i-Torch Venom 50s (5k lumen each, 120 degree beam) and a pair of Light and Motion Sola 15000 (15000 lumen each, 120 degree beam).
I'll be using a SRP tray and have several arms available, but in order to achieve neutral buoyancy I'm looking at using 8" arms with the Sola 15000s, which fully extended will put the lights roughly 12 - 13" to the side and 4" behind the camera lens. With the smaller Venom 50 lights, the lights will be about 14" to the side and 4" behind the lens. This is maximum distance, not minimum.
Is that enough to keep backscatter down?
I'm curious as to the optimal distance from the lens to the video lights in order to best illuminate a wide angle shot while minimizing backscatter. I have never used video lights before, and have been out of the water for the past decade focusing on other things in life. Heading to Maui soon and want to get good video of my son as he does his first dives and completes his open water cert.
The equipment I'll be bringing is a GoPro Hero 11 (2 of them, but one will be going without lights and just a red filter). For lights I've got a pair of i-Torch Venom 50s (5k lumen each, 120 degree beam) and a pair of Light and Motion Sola 15000 (15000 lumen each, 120 degree beam).
I'll be using a SRP tray and have several arms available, but in order to achieve neutral buoyancy I'm looking at using 8" arms with the Sola 15000s, which fully extended will put the lights roughly 12 - 13" to the side and 4" behind the camera lens. With the smaller Venom 50 lights, the lights will be about 14" to the side and 4" behind the lens. This is maximum distance, not minimum.
Is that enough to keep backscatter down?