Experienced shooters: Are you considering moving from strobes to video lights?

[Bigbella]

I too prefer strobes over video lights -- never really wished to be that self-absorbed prick in a movie theater who was always futzing with his brightly-lit phone and distracting everyone else . . .

 

[MidOH]

Im working on going "Whoo woo" underwater:

 

[Nemrod]

I do not see LED video lights replacing a strobe for still photography. Though, technically, there could soon be some switchable LED lights that would emulate an electronic strobe for all but speed and power.

I do not shoot video and I do not look at other diver/people video. A photograph (can) tell a story, a video is boring and reminds me of company that stays around too long. My camera can shoot video but danged if I even know how to enable that function. I think there is a red button I push or something like that .

 

[BoltSnap]

there could soon be some switchable LED lights that would emulate an electronic strobe

There already are:

WF058 Underwater Flashlight Ring Light 3000 for scuba gear-Weefine

WF058 Underwater Flashlight Ring Light 3000 for scuba gear-A ring light that is a professional diving gear for underwater photography with white, blue, red light and flash/strobe function! Perfect for super macro images and videos. The diving equipment Weefine Ring Light 3000 is compatible with...

www.weefine.com

 

[d^2b]

There already are:

WF058 Underwater Flashlight Ring Light 3000 for scuba gear-Weefine

WF058 Underwater Flashlight Ring Light 3000 for scuba gear-A ring light that is a professional diving gear for underwater photography with white, blue, red light and flash/strobe function! Perfect for super macro images and videos. The diving equipment Weefine Ring Light 3000 is compatible with...

www.weefine.com

My weefine focus light (I forget the model number, runs off a single 18650) offers a flash mode, but it seems pretty weak.

 

[Stoo]

Thanks for your comments folks. To be clear, I didn't mean to suggest I was going to change. I have two sets of Ikelite 160/1s and love them.

I asked because I was just at Browning Wall and it seems half my shots have holes burned though them from someone's video lights!

 

[Stoo]

I was diving in Roatan last week with a friend who picked up a couple of Ikelite 161s used. These replaced a couple of 5K lumen video lights. With a little coaching, he was getting some decent results.

He commented that he was able to sneak up on macro subjects WAY better than he could with the video lights. That wasn't something I'd considered, but it makes sense of course.

And ya, it's a lot better having him in the shot without blazing floods.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

I was diving in Roatan last week with a friend who picked up a couple of Ikelite 161s used. These replaced a couple of 5K lumen video lights. With a little coaching, he was getting some decent results.

He commented that he was able to sneak up on macro subjects WAY better than he could with the video lights. That wasn't something I'd considered, but it makes sense of course.

And ya, it's a lot better having him in the shot without blazing floods.

Isn't that precisely what one would expect?

 

[Stoo]

Isn't that precisely what one would expect?

Well ya... I mean, stuff flees from my little aiming light, but I'd never really given it much thought. I may be handsome, but I'm rarely accused of being a deep thinker..

 

[noserider]

There already are:

WF058 Underwater Flashlight Ring Light 3000 for scuba gear-Weefine

WF058 Underwater Flashlight Ring Light 3000 for scuba gear-A ring light that is a professional diving gear for underwater photography with white, blue, red light and flash/strobe function! Perfect for super macro images and videos. The diving equipment Weefine Ring Light 3000 is compatible with...

www.weefine.com

I have a pair of Symbiosis SS-2 which have both Video and Strobe lights in one set up, they are quite bulky which means it can be difficult to get in really tight in micro mode however do work well and you can use the light as focus lights and they switch off when the strobe is fired.

Review of the i-Divesite Symbiosis SS-2 Lighting System

www.divephotoguide.com