I read in another post that it's OK to fire strobes out of water. I have 2 DS125s and want to test out an idea ahead of a trip to Sharm this weekend.
Knowing that water cools the units, I wanted to check that I wouldn't damage them if I shot off a few pics at a slow rate? I won't turn on the aiming lights though.
With the difference in refraction of air/water and air/air, the spread of the strobes and the view of the port will both be different - how might this appear? How meaningful are practice shots out of water? I want to experiment with using inserts made from opaque plastic bottles behind one of my diffusers to alter the balance between the key and fill light sources when using TTL.
It's fine (and expected) to do that. No harm will come to the strobe.
Joe
In theory, it is possible to burn out a strobe by firing it too many times. However, I use my Ike DS-125s topside all the time to do minor testing, and it's never been a problem.
There's a video online of us doing 180 shots in a row at 1/8 power at 10 frames per second. Strobes still work.
I would add not to fire the strobes too rapidly. That's common sense of course.
If you are using a dome port then view won't be altered. The strobe pattern probably will but the amount will depend on the strobe design.
If your intention with the inserts is effectively to knock down output (i.e. like an ND filter) then I suspect the results out of the water will be representative. Make sure you don't alter white balance between the strobes too much.
