Ikelite Strobe and Retra LSD Snoot

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This may not be the right forum but can't find the answer in any other site
Thinking about buying this snoot (Retra LSD). It is made with a mount for the DS160/161 but since it is $$$ would like to know if the modeling light is powerful enough to illuminate the macro subject when using it.
Just hoping someone looking at this forum by chance is using this set up.
Thanks
 
I am looking to purchase this same snoot for my ds160. I think at night it will be fine but no chance during bright daylight/good viz.
Alex mustard has spoke about setting it up prior, by shooting a rock about the same size as your target subject so you don’t waste time/scare off the critter. It will be a very steep learning curve but worth it if it all comes off
 
Yes..I heard it requires a lot of patient.
I just had not seen or read of anyone specifically using the DS160.
Seems like in the things I find to read everyone was using other brands of strobes.
Seems that having a laser (one brand), a pilot light (other brand) was very helpful so wondered if the DS160 modeling light was helpful.
I would thing it would work well on night dives
 
Correction
........I heard it requires lots of patience....
and a patient dive partner
 
I shoot with DS160s. My buddy has the Retra but has pretty much given up on it after a couple of years. I use the Reefnet snoots but found I have better shots by removing the tips. The cone of light covers a larger area but not nearly as much as using the strobes alone. I can use the snoots to get light in tight areas that I couldn't before, and it cuts down on backscatter a lot by not lighting up the water I don't want in the photo.
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