Diving lights next to camera with strobes

[eikenhorst]

I am going to do my first night dive. But I am also using a camera with two strobes that I hold with both my hands. I do not see how I can also hold a dive light during a night dive. How do you guys do so? I see a few diving headlights on the market, but I am not sure those are a great idea.

 

[Darnold9999]

Mostly it depends. I will most often just dive using my focus light as a light source. Dim, but once your eyes get used to it that is all you really need. I do carry a dive light and if I need more light I just carry it in my left hand and use that hand to both hold the camera and the light. I will drop the light on a lanyard temporarily if I need the hand for more than steadying the camera. I have video lights as well as two strobes so if I really need light I will turn on the video lights, but even just one is way too bright even at its lowest setting. My camera and strobes are very close to neutral so if I need to I can hold it in one hand.

 

[hilljo88]

Most housings have a cold shoe on the top of the housing, and that’s where the focus/video light is mounted, sounds like you don’t have this cold shoe. If you have arms on your rig you might find a clamp. Some lights, big blue for example, can slip into a glove and be mounted on the back of your hand. More basic, I would jury rig duct tape or gaffers tape to anything that offered a workable surface.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I use a Sola light attached to my hotshoe of my housing.

 

[eikenhorst]

Mostly it depends. I will most often just dive using my focus light as a light source. Dim, but once your eyes get used to it that is all you really need. I do carry a dive light and if I need more light I just carry it in my left hand and use that hand to both hold the camera and the light. I will drop the light on a lanyard temporarily if I need the hand for more than steadying the camera. I have video lights as well as two strobes so if I really need light I will turn on the video lights, but even just one is way too bright even at its lowest setting. My camera and strobes are very close to neutral so if I need to I can hold it in one hand.

Thanks, I am using two Z330 strobes that have a 220lm focus light each. I do not know if this would be sufficient (I never use these lights during the day time).
I will try this out and if I find it insuffient I can indeed mount a light on top of the hotshoe, didn't think about that.

 

[hilljo88]

 

[Darnold9999]

Thanks, I am using two Z330 strobes that have a 220lm focus light each. I do not know if this would be sufficient (I never use these lights during the day time).
I will try this out and if I find it insuffient I can indeed mount a light on top of the hotshoe, didn't think about that.

Likely all you need. My strobe focus light is a Ikelite 161 strobe with a 500lm light so a bit brighter than the Z330. I find that I almost never need anything else and the only reason for anything else is so I can poke a flashlight somewhere the focus light won't go so another light attached to the camera won't help with that unless you have some sort of quick release on it.

 

[fisheater]

My light is on a Goodman handle in my left hand. When photographing, I turn my left wrist bring the light closer to or farther away from the subject, as the situtation dictates. E.g., I may bring the light closer to enable focussing, then lock the focus, move the light away and take the picture, with my right hand on the shutter release.