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I'm currently looking to upgrade from my starter camera, which is an old Canon S90 with one Sea Life 1500 video light (for shooting stills), and I'm looking at a TG6 for an affordable and simple macro setup with some wide angle flexibility for my one warm water vacation a year. 90% of my diving is around Washington State and British Columbia, so I shoot mostly closer up shots of critters using the camera's built in macro setting. Obviously this is pretty limiting, and the camera is starting to freeze up and not adjust in manual mode randomly. I've been looking at the packages on backscatter and bluewater, and I'm currently thinking that the Ikelite package on Backscatter with the DS51 strobe is the closest to ticking most of the boxes (Ikelite Underwater Housing, Olympus Tough TG-6 Camera and Strobe Deluxe Kit) .However I have pretty limited knowledge of strobes and their use. I'm not sure if its worth the single DS51 route right now, or if I should just get the camera/housing and do more research and save up for a better strobe setup that I won't outgrow too soon. The Ikelight package is at the far upper end of my price range so adding more light isn't currently an option. Also, I'd like to still use my video light occasionally, and I'm not sure if it's possible to integrate that in with the Ikelight tray that comes in the package. If anyone has any sage advice I would love to hear it!