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Video lights for Galapagos or not

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Will be heading to Galapagos this October on a LOB.

I'm leaning towards not bringing video lights (2 x Keldan 8XR) for a few reasons:

  1. Most of the articles/posts I've read seem to suggest that video lights are probably not critical - either scaring the animals, or they would be too far in the blue anyway. Seal/iguana is shallow so ambient light would suffice

  2. Strong currents so no light setup is much easier to handle

  3. I am coming from Asia and this is part of a longer trip (will be in the Americas for ~2 months, potentially heading to Mexico after Galapagos), so lugging any non-essential/extra gear is a pain

Wanted to hear from those that have done Galapagos - what was your experience with video lights? Did you regret bringing/not bringing? Any tips or advice would be appreciated :)

Thanks in advance!

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