Hi guys,
Probably a stupid question but how do you guys do to have a camera rig with 2 strobes and a dive light? Right now I hold my light in my hands, which is not handy at all (I also have a stick and my rig), and I really hate it on night dives.
I can't use my strobe focus lights for the whole dive (the manual says not to + it uses too much battery), and sometimes I want to be fast so basically use my torch as a quick focus light and take my shot (without waiting a few seconds to switch the strobe focus light on).
I see 2 solutions:
- Cold shoe mount with an arm and the torch at the end: I actually tried that for a week, but I hate the shoehorse mount, it was not holding up at all and regularly getting unscrewed. For sure I'll lose my torch.
- triple clamp on one side, and add the torch to it: never tried it, is it worth it ? Where would you put the torch, right next to the strobe (at the last clamp level), or higher up the arm of the rig and build a separate 10inch arm just for the light?
What scares me with this is that my rig will be unbalanced, unless I put 2 torches, but then my rig will be very heavy
Any other ideas / tips please?
Thanks!
Probably a stupid question but how do you guys do to have a camera rig with 2 strobes and a dive light? Right now I hold my light in my hands, which is not handy at all (I also have a stick and my rig), and I really hate it on night dives.
I can't use my strobe focus lights for the whole dive (the manual says not to + it uses too much battery), and sometimes I want to be fast so basically use my torch as a quick focus light and take my shot (without waiting a few seconds to switch the strobe focus light on).
I see 2 solutions:
- Cold shoe mount with an arm and the torch at the end: I actually tried that for a week, but I hate the shoehorse mount, it was not holding up at all and regularly getting unscrewed. For sure I'll lose my torch.
- triple clamp on one side, and add the torch to it: never tried it, is it worth it ? Where would you put the torch, right next to the strobe (at the last clamp level), or higher up the arm of the rig and build a separate 10inch arm just for the light?
What scares me with this is that my rig will be unbalanced, unless I put 2 torches, but then my rig will be very heavy
Any other ideas / tips please?
Thanks!