Shooting night video...question

[jepuskar]

Hi,

I have Nite Rider's Twim 10W HID video lights and have a question using them for night video.

I have been on two test dives with them and have found that my lights just dont take up the whole screen. Should I remove the wide angle lens for night dives? This seems to make sense to me, but I didn't think about it till after viewing my footage.

Also, most of my footage showed the subject just in front of the lights dirction, which tells me I needed to readjust the lighting downward which I can do on the fly, no big deal.

Any night videographers out there that can shed some 'light' on this subject..hehe


Jason

 

[Dee]

Wide angle just doesn't work at night. Lights can't cover that much area, even the HID can't do a proper job of it. Plus with those super bright lights, every nocturnal creature and fish in the area will be hiding.

Keep your range within 3-4ft and a good video strobe can cover that easily.

 

[jepuskar]

Thanks Dee, I am going to test the no Wide Angle next week at another night quarry dive.

I'll report progress.

All in the name of Bonaire.