Dave_Hicks

Love it! Glad to be represented in the first round! I hope everyone shares and votes even more in September!

The WACP-C port is big enough with that float that it would probably make more sense to replicate the Nauticam design with a spring clip on the inside. But I would likely need the port to do it. Unless it has identical dimensions to the WWL-C, which I have.

A cap needs to hold on to the port. My standard rubber design grabs the overhang of port with bungees. I would need the outside diameter of the port and distance from the tallest leaf of the shade to the underhang. And a photo of the original shade.

I think that will work just fine.

Result: 1/8th power is pretty stable at 10fps with only slight shifting left (darker) of the histograms over a 15-20 shot sequence. One click higher shows significant shifting darker.

I will see if i can try that soon. Currently diving at Gods Pocket through Friday. Maybe I can knock it out tonight after diving is done. I brought both the Maxi's and HF-1 strobes, today i rigged the HF-1s to try out a new float design.

Why 10 fps? Why not 3 or 5 which are more achievable by the most capable strobes?

Very complete analysis and you pointed out many legitimate issues. Some issues with formatting the charts - the legends are not showing which line belongs to which product. One other thing to highlight that might be worth noting. The numbers for Backscatters strobes all seem to align well with the manufacturer reported specs. GN brightness and Color temperature for example. I suspect this a "methodology bias" where BS is using the same measurement method as their marketing department. The numbers might be valid, but the consistency works in their own favor. Similarly with Isotta Red64 discrepancies. You can be sure that Backscatter did not allow any such oddities with their own strobes. They should correct the outliers to avoid the perception of bias. I hope that Backscatter makes some quick revisions to their test report.

Pretty beefy!