Seahorn Snoot

Hi there,

I am looking into buying a Seahorn Snoot from Scuba Symphony (Malaysia). I''buy it for my S&S YS110 alpha.

I am bit worried that the YS110 alpha might not be powerful enough, with a snoot added to it, for wide angle.

Have you tried the above combination? Sample pictures would be great!

Cheers

Daniel

Sample macro pictures would also be great

I've used with the Z240 and no problem there. I can't imagine the YS-110 will cause any problems.

Alex

Hy!

I'm having some problems which are probably related to the ring bulb of Ikelite strobe's. When I mount the narrower part of Scuba Symphony's snoots, those which an end around 22m wide, I have a "nice" ring, without any light in the center of the image. The honeycomb doesn't solve the problem. Only after replacing the diffuser on the strobe, the light becomes more or less even. The problem is that with diffuser I practically lose the option of using the strobe's light to know where I'm pointing the snoot to.

Any idea? Maybe painting the inner side of the snoots in white or silver (and not black as they are now)?

Any help will be appreciated!!!

Jordi

Without honeycomb

With honeycomb

And that's the effect underwater

I've used with the Z240 and no problem there. I can't imagine the YS-110 will cause any problems.

 

Alex

Hy!

I'm having some problems which are probably related to the ring bulb of Ikelite strobe's. When I mount the narrower part of Scuba Symphony's snoots, those which an end around 22m wide, I have a "nice" ring, without any light in the center of the image. The honeycomb doesn't solve the problem. Only after replacing the diffuser on the strobe, the light becomes more or less even. The problem is that with diffuser I practically lose the option of using the strobe's light to know where I'm pointing the snoot to.

Any idea? Maybe painting the inner side of the snoots in white or silver (and not black as they are now)?

Any help will be appreciated!!!

Jordi

Are the diffusers you have for your ikelite strobe solid? I lost mine and ordered a replacement and the new ones have a hole in the centre to allow aiming light to shine through without being weakened.

Yes they are solid! (never lost them). What you say, Duncan, could be an option.

And what about the snoot's inner side colour?

Any experience?

Are the diffusers you have for your ikelite strobe solid? I lost mine and ordered a replacement and the new ones have a hole in the centre to allow aiming light to shine through without being weakened.

But maybe I could cut a hole into the center...

Yes they are solid! (never lost them). What you say, Duncan, could be an option.

And what about the snoot's inner side colour?

Any experience?

Yep, cut a hole in the center... Painting white the inner part of the snoot does not work...

I'm having some problems which are probably related to the ring bulb of Ikelite strobe's. When I mount the narrower part of Scuba Symphony's snoots, those which an end around 22m wide, I have a "nice" ring, without any light in the center of the image. The honeycomb doesn't solve the problem. Only after replacing the diffuser on the strobe, the light becomes more or less even. The problem is that with diffuser I practically lose the option of using the strobe's light to know where I'm pointing the snoot to.

Well with an Inon (with its two flash tubes) you get two (overlapping) spotlights with this shape of snoot on land.

Diffuser and being underwater (more diffusion) reduces this effect (although the top shot here did have a diffuser fitted).

IMO, using these long snoots to create macro spotlights is old technology. People want these snoots to emulate the inspirational work of Keri Wilk, but even Keri is using a fibre snoot now - as the main problem with these long snoots is their light inefficiency - meaning they can't be used in bright ambient light.

Alex