One or Two Strobes ?

Gday,

Long time reader first time poster, so please be kind ;-)

I have been using the 5050, pt015 housing and a 18w HID 100d movie light for about a year now, and its now evident I need to go to strobes for some of my other underwater work.

The question is, should I get 1 or 2 strobes, I am going with Inon S180's due to the fact good local support, and from what I have read here they get a good wrap.

Could I afford 2, maybe (oach) and yes I know i could upgrade later on, but really is there much difference ?

Or anyone able to point me in a better direction ?

Thanks in advance,

Cameron!

Welcome Cameron..........

IMO, a second strobe is worth the trouble and cost. I prefer the even lighting that's possible with two strobes. Plus it will give you a lot of creative flexibility, you'll need two for extra wide angle shots and having redundancy in case of failure is a good thing for long dive trips.

Karl

I still using one strobe, but based on what i have seen it is worth for sure to have 2 Strobes.

But I decided to start with only 1 for 2 Reason:

1) Financial: The descision was on Big Strobe (DS-125) or 2 Smaller Strobes (DS-50). I wanted to have something powerful I wont need to replace to soon.

2) Learning Curve: I decided that I want learn first to handle 1 Strobe correctly and based on the fact that I only get into the Sea 3-4 Times a Year I still don't feel I have mastered the usage of the single one. I was afraid to bring myself into a cluster fuck and be more handicaped by my stobes whil photographing than be able to use the additional possibilities of 2 Strobes. I'll probably upgrade to a second Strobe later this year or 2005.

Simon