Lights, Strobes, and Lighting Technique

Strobes, slave sensors, arms, and similar accessories.

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RETRA Pro Max 1 - Weirdness after update
RETRA Pro Max 1 - Weirdness after update

DocTock, May 1May 1
- 5 replies
- 772 views
akarnani

May 4May 4
Sea&Sea YS-D2 finally died
Sea&Sea YS-D2 finally died

Underwater with Art, May 2May 2
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- 581 views
Nemrod

May 3May 3
Changing knob on Inon Z-330
Changing knob on Inon Z-330

jlaity, April 18Apr 18
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- 890 views
Dave_Hicks

April 20Apr 20
Problems with AOI trigger and backscatter MF-1
Problems with AOI trigger and backscatter MF-1

Tino Dietsche, April 2Apr 2
- 7 replies
- 775 views
bvanant

April 4Apr 4
Mid-Range Strobes
Mid-Range Strobes
ubiquitous226, February 11Feb 11
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Grantmac

March 27Mar 27
Underwater Light & Magic
Underwater Light & Magic

jlaity, March 26Mar 26
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- 737 views
jlaity

March 26Mar 26
Problems with UW Technics TTL Converter and Subtronic pro 160
Problems with UW Technics TTL Converter and Subtronic pro 160

Jens H, December 2, 2025Dec 2
- 16 replies
- 1.7k views
TimG

March 26Mar 26
Strobe Trouble - YS-D3 lightning mkii
Strobe Trouble - YS-D3 lightning mkii

Evan Johnston, March 16Mar 16
- 3 replies
- 735 views
Johan

March 21Mar 21
Recommendations for 21700 battery in strobes
Recommendations for 21700 battery in strobes
waso, March 8Mar 8
- 28 replies
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Chris Ross

March 12Mar 12
Is upgrading to HSS worthwhile?
Is upgrading to HSS worthwhile?

Adrian Gresores, October 29, 2025Oct 29
- 14 replies
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Jmanachim

February 28Feb 28
Backscatter HF-1 Strobe Tests -- Underwater Photography Product of the Year?
Backscatter HF-1 Strobe Tests -- Underwater Photography Product of the Year?

DreiFish, July 19, 20242 yr
- 21 replies
- 8.8k views
Chris Ross

February 20Feb 20
Sony A7RV & UWT settings
Sony A7RV & UWT settings

Yorkie88, February 7Feb 7
- 2 replies
- 752 views
Yorkie88

February 13Feb 13
Kraken 160
Kraken 160

Nemrod, February 10Feb 10
- 2 replies
- 658 views
Nemrod

February 11Feb 11
Strobe questions
Strobe questions

waso, January 27Jan 27
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Nemrod

February 5Feb 5
YAFS: new strobe Atom Flash from BACKSCATTER
YAFS: new strobe Atom Flash from BACKSCATTER
Adventurer, November 11, 2025Nov 11
- 35 replies
- 4.3k views
Nemrod

February 3Feb 3
Focus light necessary for macro?
Focus light necessary for macro?
Adrian Gresores, January 30Jan 30
- 25 replies
- 2.2k views
JohnD

January 31Jan 31
Yet Another Snoot From AOI
Yet Another Snoot From AOI

Davide DB, January 29Jan 29
- 2 replies
- 683 views
Davide DB

January 29Jan 29
New AOI-P1 strobe, first impression
New AOI-P1 strobe, first impression

atus, November 13, 2025Nov 13
- 19 replies
- 2.9k views
Tino Dietsche

January 27Jan 27
Float arms, which brands provide good quality at reasonable price?
Float arms, which brands provide good quality at reasonable price?
Architeuthis, January 1Jan 1
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- 6k views
Phil Rudin

January 26Jan 26
Subtronic Strobes
Subtronic Strobes
atus, July 14, 20242 yr
- 32 replies
- 8.1k views
Muellema

January 25Jan 25
Help with Retra Burst Shooting
Help with Retra Burst Shooting

Aliens From The Deep, November 18, 2025Nov 18
- 21 replies
- 2.2k views
Dave_Hicks

January 20Jan 20
Color Temp vs depth/distance?
Color Temp vs depth/distance?

GTom, January 19Jan 19
- 1 reply
- 608 views
bvanant

January 20Jan 20
Strobe sTTL vs RC: Why the difference?
Strobe sTTL vs RC: Why the difference?

Tassie Rohan, January 17Jan 17
- 2 replies
- 763 views
Tassie Rohan

January 19Jan 19
Sea & Sea YS-01 TTL inconsistency + LED behaviour — known fault? Repairable?
Sea & Sea YS-01 TTL inconsistency + LED behaviour — known fault? Repairable?

Christopher Drye, January 11Jan 11
- 8 replies
- 1.2k views
Chris Ross

January 13Jan 13
Warm white, high CRI lights for gopro?
Warm white, high CRI lights for gopro?

GTom, December 28, 2025Dec 28
- 23 replies
- 2.3k views
GTom

January 12Jan 12

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Shooting a Snoot
Shooting a Snoot

TimG · October 30, 20232 yr

Shooting a Snoot Underwater photography is an absorbing form of photography. For some, it’s a technical issue of capturing fish portraits. For others an art form about capturing the beauty and mystery of the underwater world. Whichever you aim for, it presents unique challenges. Everything moves: you, the water, and the subject. Photography is all about capturing and controlling light. In the underwater world lighting and highlighting the subject is often impacted by either a
TimG

October 30, 20232 yr

TimG

Wednesday at 09:22 PM3 days
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UWT Trigger for Nauticam/OM System OM-1
UWT Trigger for Nauticam/OM System OM-1

TimG · August 8Aug 8

Having recently written about installing the o-Turtle trigger into a Nauticam housing, I’ve now had a go with a UWT internal trigger for the Nauticam NA-OM1 housing. UWT describes it as the 11072-22-HSS TTL-Converter for NAUTICAM for OLYMPUS/ OM SYSTEM. The UWT trigger arrives in a bubble-wrap envelope in a small cardboard box. No frills functional. It consists of a small electronics board with two LEDs and a cable leading to a hot shoe connector. The manual explains that strobes are selected
TimG

August 8Aug 8

Chris Ross

Wednesday at 01:26 AM3 days
- 3 comments
- 264 views
Strobe Triggers for OM System/Nauticam: o-Turtle and a Fitting Tip
Strobe Triggers for OM System/Nauticam: o-Turtle and a Fitting Tip

TimG · August 4Aug 4

Having bought a Nauticam housing and OM System OM-1ii recently as the base of my new underwater camera setup, I needed an LED trigger to fire the strobes. Although I havn’t used TTL underwater for many years, I did want HSS as I often include the sunball when shooting wide-angle. This usually requires high shutter speed to avoid exposure burn outs. HSS options for an OM trigger seemed to boil down to the Turtle or UWT. The Nauticam flash trigger, although an attractive option, doesn’t provide
TimG

August 4Aug 4

Nir Friedman

Monday at 04:09 PM5 days
- 2 comments
- 344 views
Nikon defends the patent it tried to destroy and loses anyway
Nikon defends the patent it tried to destroy and loses anyway

Davide DB · August 7Aug 7

Panasonic achieved a result that Apple, Sony and Nikon did not. The Japanese Intellectual Property High Court invalidated a major RED patent concerning raw video files. RED had historically used this patent to demand licensing fees and stop competitors. Nikon initially challenged the patent in court but purchased RED before a ruling and dropped the case. When Panasonic recently challenged the same patent in Japan, Nikon defended the claims it had previously opposed. The court ultimately rejecte
Davide DB

August 7Aug 7

Davide DB

August 7Aug 7
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- 266 views
Liveaboards: A Word to the Wise
Liveaboards: A Word to the Wise
TimG · May 17May 17

You may have read or seen pictures of the fire that broke out in the Maldives on the Emperor Explorer liveaboard on 9 May. My partner and I were on it as part of a group of 25. Like many members, we’ve been lucky enough to have been on lots of liveaboards. During the pre-departure safety briefing we were given the usual advice: If an alarm sounds do not return to our cabins to collect stuff: head immediately to the muster station by the dive platform; put together a grab bag in case of emerge
TimG

May 17May 17

TimG

August 7Aug 7
- 45 comments
- 4,923 views
Adobe Lightroom Classic: v 15.5
Adobe Lightroom Classic: v 15.5

TimG · August 4Aug 4

It's almost hard to keep up with the updates. Version 15.5 for LR Classic now available. Adobe report the update: "includes enhanced crop tool, mask refinements, render to DNG option, support for newly released cameras and lenses, bug fixes, and more".
TimG

August 4Aug 4

TimG

August 4Aug 4
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