arms for ikelite-housing

[rameus]

hello everyone

after switching from my Canon G10 to my DSLR (Nikon D90) I figured it would be good to have a second substrobe (1x6" at the moment). at the moment i have an ikelite ds160 substrobe.

- what would you recommend as arms and strobe if the goal would be wideangle photography and every now and then a bit macro?
- how does a strobe mounted directly on the housing help?

since I am quite new to DSLR uw-photography I do have "amateur"-questions ;-) all the photos I made so far and which can be seen in the underwater photography section of my website were made either with an oooold Sony DSC-T30 or my Canon G10.

thanks for your help anyway... hope I'll get some good shots to post after my next trip.

Thomas

 

[HerraduraDivers]

Hi Thomas,
there are many producers of strobe/video light arms:
Ikelite: Strobe Arm Systems
Inon: INON Arm System [Arm]
ULCS: Ultralight Control Systems
TLC: (Aquatica) Aquatica Digital - Featuring an extensive line of underwater housings for Nikon and Canon digital cameras

ULCS are the most used and so easier to get a used part.

you will need:
1° 1 ULCS BA-IK Adapter Ikelite tray handle --> Ultralight ball joint Housing Trays and Arms for Underwater Photography
2° 2 ULCS Double ball arm segments 5''-8'' long
3° 1 ULCS AD-125 strobe adapter ULCS Ball Joint --> Ikelite Substrobe
4° 3 ULCS AC-CSF new style clamp

Arms longer than 8'' are getting difficult to handle and are needed only on extreme wide angle and i suggest 8''
as a good compromise. Your camera/housing is very negative and tip over, so buoyancy arms will help to reduce that and
give the camera a neutral buoyancy, but i never used them so i don't know what size of floats/buoyancy arms you will need.

Chris

 

[rameus]

hey chris!

merci villmaal! irgendwänn chumi das mal zu dir abä go testä! ;-)
Thomas

 

[weeksd]

I have a brand new ikelite quick release arm which attaches to the ikelite housing tray. I would like $45usd plus shipping. Here is my ad with some pics. http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/classifieds-photography/335520-ikelite-quick-release-arm.html