Lights, Strobes, and Lighting Technique

Strobes, slave sensors, arms, and similar accessories.

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Retra Pro Max - Accu issue
Retra Pro Max - Accu issue
Landvogt1893, February 22, 20251 yr
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JohnD

April 18, 2025Apr 18
Flare depending on strobe model
Flare depending on strobe model

Fabian, February 23, 20251 yr
- 9 replies
- 1.7k views
TimG

April 17, 2025Apr 17
Sea&Sea YS-D2J Stuck on Orange
Sea&Sea YS-D2J Stuck on Orange

gremlin, April 10, 2025Apr 10
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- 838 views
gremlin

April 10, 2025Apr 10
Discount strobes
Discount strobes

Barmaglot, April 8, 2025Apr 8
- 0 replies
- 611 views
Barmaglot

April 8, 2025Apr 8
Sea & Sea YS-D3 Duo strobe setting issue
Sea & Sea YS-D3 Duo strobe setting issue

dvleemin, April 7, 2025Apr 7
- 1 reply
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Chris Ross

April 7, 2025Apr 7
Backscatter TTL Trigger not working anymore on my Sony A7R5
Backscatter TTL Trigger not working anymore on my Sony A7R5

Susa, March 30, 2025Mar 30
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Susa

April 7, 2025Apr 7
Inon Z-XXX Prototype at Paris Dive Show
Inon Z-XXX Prototype at Paris Dive Show
Staggs, January 11, 20251 yr
- 80 replies
- 13.5k views
Chris Ross

April 5, 2025Apr 5
Recommendations for a focus light
Recommendations for a focus light

Buddha, January 6, 20242 yr
- 21 replies
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Bargibanty

April 4, 2025Apr 4
HSS output reduction
HSS output reduction

Nemrod, April 1, 2025Apr 1
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Nemrod

April 2, 2025Apr 2
Setting Up S&S YS-D3 Duo strobes with UWTechnics TTL Trigger
Setting Up S&S YS-D3 Duo strobes with UWTechnics TTL Trigger

Marmeister, March 28, 2025Mar 28
- 5 replies
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Chris Ross

April 1, 2025Apr 1
Fotocore GTX
Fotocore GTX

Sokrates, January 16, 20242 yr
- 8 replies
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Marcfoto

April 1, 2025Apr 1
Backscatter Smart TTL for Sony & Olympus
Backscatter Smart TTL for Sony & Olympus
Dave_Hicks, February 7, 20251 yr
- 37 replies
- 6.1k views
Barmaglot

March 23, 2025Mar 23
Nauticam flash trigger only works sometimes in continues shooting...
Nauticam flash trigger only works sometimes in continues shooting...

Johan Sundelin, March 12, 2025Mar 12
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Johan Sundelin

March 20, 2025Mar 20
Help - strobe(s) not firing.
Help - strobe(s) not firing.

HCIdiver, March 11, 2025Mar 11
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HCIdiver

March 11, 2025Mar 11
I need help with my strobe.
I need help with my strobe.

Precha, March 7, 2025Mar 7
- 1 reply
- 699 views
Chris Ross

March 8, 2025Mar 8
o-turtle 2 rc issues on GH5
o-turtle 2 rc issues on GH5

TimC, January 26, 20251 yr
- 9 replies
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TimC

March 5, 2025Mar 5
DIY Fiber optic cable mount
DIY Fiber optic cable mount

sjka, February 11, 20251 yr
- 3 replies
- 1.4k views
John Liddiard

February 27, 2025Feb 27
Backscatter MF-2 Remote trigger vía MF-1
Backscatter MF-2 Remote trigger vía MF-1

wetdreams, February 22, 20251 yr
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wetdreams

February 26, 2025Feb 26
Marelux Apollo III
Marelux Apollo III
Phil Rudin, December 14, 20232 yr
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Chris Ross

February 23, 20251 yr
Inon Z-330 Snoots?
Inon Z-330 Snoots?

aeweems12, February 21, 20251 yr
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ChipBPhoto

February 22, 20251 yr
HSS will minimize Backscatter
HSS will minimize Backscatter
Adventurer, January 10, 20251 yr
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Adventurer

February 17, 20251 yr
NEW - Backscatter Hybrid Flash
NEW - Backscatter Hybrid Flash
James Emery, April 12, 20241 yr
- 103 replies
- 21.1k views
Kelvin L

February 17, 20251 yr
The end of Light & Motion
The end of Light & Motion

waterpixel, January 4, 20251 yr
- 19 replies
- 4.7k views
Ajay

February 9, 20251 yr
New X-Light DS160 Pro flash
New X-Light DS160 Pro flash

Architeuthis, February 8, 20251 yr
- 2 replies
- 830 views
cerich

February 8, 20251 yr
Stroboscope mode with SMART triggers!
Stroboscope mode with SMART triggers!

TURTLE-Balage, January 12, 20251 yr
- 14 replies
- 2.1k views
CaolIla

February 8, 20251 yr

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Diving with the Weefine 3000 CCW Ring Light
Diving with the Weefine 3000 CCW Ring Light

bvanant · June 10, 2025Jun 10

I have long fascinated with shooting ring lights underwater starting with the Inon Quadflash, through the various Athena modifications to Sea and Sea strobe heads, continuing to the Saga fiber optic rings and now to the Weefine 3000. The Weefine 3000 is the latest version of the LED lights made by Kraken and Weefine. The Weefine 3000 CCW Weefine 3000 CCW Ring Light It's similar to the earlier 3000 lumen LED modules but has adjustable color temperature and a 3000-lumen burst (strobe) mode. It
bvanant

June 10, 2025Jun 10

Mike Saunders

17 hours ago17 hr
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Adobe Lightroom Classic, Mobile and Desktop - updates
Adobe Lightroom Classic, Mobile and Desktop - updates

TimG · Sunday at 02:30 PM2 days

Yet more updates to Lightroom were released on 20 February. LR Classic to v15.2, Desktop to v9.2 and Mobile to v11.2 Brief highlights (courtesy of The Lightroom Queen) Assisted Culling (Classic & Desktop) - improvements for Group shots Send/Share to Firefly (Classic & Desktop) - you can add a prompt to edit the photo using a variety of AI models. Topaz Gigapixel / Generative Upscale (Desktop) - an alternative method to using Super Resolution. Crop (iPhone and Android) - there are new
TimG

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TimG

Monday at 07:39 PM1 day
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ULCS Releases Three Underwater Camera Accessories
ULCS Releases Three Underwater Camera Accessories

RichN · February 18Feb 18

Oxnard, California – February 17, 2025 – Ultralight Camera Solutions (ULCS) has released three new accessories designed to solve recurring challenges in underwater photography: the Camera Dome Weight Trim Kit, the Stabilizing Plate for Video and Still Photography, and the AC-AQD04 Quick-Release Adapter. All three products were developed in direct response to requests from dealers and photographers who identified specific gaps in the underwater camera accessory market. "We had dealers asking f
RichN

February 18Feb 18

RichN

February 18Feb 18
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Waterpixels - the 23,000 post!
Waterpixels - the 23,000 post!

TimG · February 16Feb 16

Not sure if this truly a landmark or not, but thanks to all the activities of members, the 23,000th Waterpixels post was recorded today.
TimG

February 16Feb 16

TimG

February 16Feb 16
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Fibre Optic Cables: Keeping them Happy and Firing
Fibre Optic Cables: Keeping them Happy and Firing
TimG · August 5, 2025Aug 5

Some time back, I wrote an article about creating your own fibre optic cables: a quick, easy, inexpensive and very satisfying process. In case you missed it it, a link to the piece is here. https://waterpixels.net/articles/articles_technique/diy-fibre-optic-cables-easy-r32/ Now, many months on, a couple of additional suggestions: BURPING On entering the water and descending the plugs at both ends of the cables often need burping. Tiny air bubbles seem to be able to block fibre optic light tra
TimG

August 5, 2025Aug 5

TimG

February 13Feb 13
- 34 comments
- 10,596 views
Retra Firmware Update for Pro Max II (FW4.0)
Retra Firmware Update for Pro Max II (FW4.0)

TimG · February 11Feb 11

Retra have made a firmware update available through the usual download App channels including now the Google Play Store for Android users. This is for the Pro Max II. The update primarily allows the new App to connect to the Maxi strobe. The update also adds a Pilot Light Toggle Function. The firmware update includes v2.17 for the Pro Max, v2.4 for the Prime+ and v2.4 for the Pure. It also includes v4.2 for the ProX/PrimeX (renamed 3.13) and firmware 4.5 (renamed 4.3) for PRO/Prime 2nd genera
TimG

February 11Feb 11

TimG

February 11Feb 11
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