Lights, Strobes, and Lighting Technique

Strobes, slave sensors, arms, and similar accessories.

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11071-HSS, AV7RV, Z‑330 not working
11071-HSS, AV7RV, Z‑330 not working

bvbellomo, January 6Jan 6
- 18 replies
- 1.5k views
Nemrod

January 10Jan 10
New Retra Maxi
New Retra Maxi
fruehaufsteher2, November 27, 20241 yr
- 51 replies
- 11.7k views
Oskar - Retra UWT

January 5Jan 5
Two questions about the Backscatter MF-3 strobe
Two questions about the Backscatter MF-3 strobe

JohnD, January 1Jan 1
- 4 replies
- 807 views
JohnD

January 4Jan 4
Natural Lighting - Blue water shark photography
Natural Lighting - Blue water shark photography

foetusmachine, December 17, 2025Dec 17
- 8 replies
- 1.7k views
vkalia

January 3Jan 3
Backscatter HF-1 Strobe battery compartment flood
Backscatter HF-1 Strobe battery compartment flood
Dave_Hicks, April 7, 20251 yr
- 67 replies
- 9.8k views
Chris Ross

January 2Jan 2
Leton L15 - any experience?
Leton L15 - any experience?

GTom, January 1Jan 1
- 1 reply
- 612 views
Nikolausz

January 1Jan 1
Which Strobe
Which Strobe

Smstelzel, December 16, 2025Dec 16
- 18 replies
- 2.4k views
Dave_Hicks

December 31, 2025Dec 31
Constant output video lights
Constant output video lights

bghazzal, July 29, 20242 yr
- 15 replies
- 4.2k views
JohnD

December 30, 2025Dec 30
Question about an older sea&sea strobe
Question about an older sea&sea strobe

JapanDiver, December 25, 2025Dec 25
- 8 replies
- 1.1k views
Chris Ross

December 28, 2025Dec 28
Snooty question...leave it attached or stow it
Snooty question...leave it attached or stow it

JohnD, December 2, 2025Dec 2
- 7 replies
- 908 views
TimG

December 3, 2025Dec 3
Fiber Optic Cable Question
Fiber Optic Cable Question

Smstelzel, December 1, 2025Dec 1
- 4 replies
- 873 views
Smstelzel

December 3, 2025Dec 3
MF-3 vs. Atom Flash for m43
MF-3 vs. Atom Flash for m43

mdo905, November 29, 2025Nov 29
- 2 replies
- 887 views
mdo905

November 30, 2025Nov 30
Backscatter MF-2 good for FF macro?
Backscatter MF-2 good for FF macro?
Architeuthis, September 12, 2025Sep 12
- 37 replies
- 6.1k views
Architeuthis

November 27, 2025Nov 27
Help..not sure whats wrong..
Help..not sure whats wrong..

Titanite, November 19, 2025Nov 19
- 4 replies
- 807 views
Chris Ross

November 20, 2025Nov 20
Thoughts on the new Retra Pro Max IIs
Thoughts on the new Retra Pro Max IIs

jjmochi, November 18, 2025Nov 18
- 4 replies
- 963 views
humu9679

November 19, 2025Nov 19
Inon S-220: A SERIOUSLY impressive (tiny) wide angle strobe
Inon S-220: A SERIOUSLY impressive (tiny) wide angle strobe

DreiFish, June 16, 20242 yr
- 13 replies
- 6.7k views
Nemrod

November 12, 2025Nov 12
TTL and the Ikelite Ecko Fiber Strobe
TTL and the Ikelite Ecko Fiber Strobe

dhaas, November 11, 2025Nov 11
- 1 reply
- 675 views
humu9679

November 11, 2025Nov 11
What new flashes???
What new flashes???

Tino Dietsche, August 24, 2025Aug 24
- 14 replies
- 2.7k views
atus

November 7, 2025Nov 7
YAFS: new strobe YS-D130R from SEA&SEA
YAFS: new strobe YS-D130R from SEA&SEA

Adventurer, July 17, 20251 yr
- 4 replies
- 1.6k views
atus

November 2, 2025Nov 2
AOI UIS-P1 STROBE
AOI UIS-P1 STROBE

Mark Don, April 28, 20251 yr
- 16 replies
- 4.4k views
atus

November 2, 2025Nov 2
hybrid options?
hybrid options?

Kristin, July 16, 20251 yr
- 6 replies
- 2k views
Christian K

November 1, 2025Nov 1
UWT-TTL board Nikon D-850 plus Retra not firing in TTL mode
UWT-TTL board Nikon D-850 plus Retra not firing in TTL mode

Muellema, October 20, 2025Oct 20
- 9 replies
- 1.4k views
Pavel Kolpakov

October 23, 2025Oct 23
Strange UWTechnics Trigger Behaviour
Strange UWTechnics Trigger Behaviour

Marmeister, October 7, 2025Oct 7
- 15 replies
- 2.1k views
Nemrod

October 18, 2025Oct 18
UwT external bulkhead TTL trigger and cross bar ?
UwT external bulkhead TTL trigger and cross bar ?

Cyrille, September 25, 2025Sep 25
- 5 replies
- 3.2k views
Pavel Kolpakov

October 8, 2025Oct 8
UWT with HSS on other than Retra strobes?
UWT with HSS on other than Retra strobes?
Nemrod, August 29, 2025Aug 29
- 32 replies
- 4.3k views
Nemrod

October 7, 2025Oct 7

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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
- 4 comments
- 3,200 views
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
- 0 comments
- 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
- 0 comments
- 286 views

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