Flash arms question

[jpomerantz]

Hi. I am considering switching the short DX arm I bought with my Sea & Sea YS-25 Auto for a more functional arm set. I have looked at the ones S&S makes as well as ULCS. The camera is a Canon A620 in the Canon WP-DC90 housing.

I am leaning towards the ULCS set- more versatile but would like some opinions as well as comments if there are other that some like. Also thoughts on dealers.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Gilligan]

I use the loc-line joints.
I made my own setup.

 

[Monkey Knife-fight]

I use ULCS tray/arms. I like em because they are (as the name implies) quite light. They are kinda pricey but what isn't in UW photog.

 

[alcina]

My top two arm choices would be locline and ULCS.

Locline = inexpensive, supremely flexible, easy care, easy to move around uw (I often pop a section off so I can get my strobe in a hole or ledge)

ULCS = excellent quality, very light, good selection of sections to choose from, strong and stable, fairly expensive

HTH

 

[jpomerantz]

Thanks! Any recommendations on dealers?

 

[alcina]

Ryan for ULCS ryan@reefphoto.com

Check Gilligan's site for locline.

 

[midwestdvr]

My top two arm choices would be locline and ULCS.

Locline = inexpensive, supremely flexible, easy care, easy to move around uw (I often pop a section off so I can get my strobe in a hole or ledge)

ULCS = excellent quality, very light, good selection of sections to choose from, strong and stable, fairly expensive

HTH

I'm with alcina. I like the locline arms as well as they are very easy to position underwater. I've never tried popping it off for use in those tight nooks and crannies although I now wish I had on my last trip.

 

[dbh]

I really like my ULCS arms. Very sturdy. They should last through many more cameras.


Dave

 

[BrantD]

Biggest thing I don't like about locline, they are VERY noisy when you move them to a new position, which does scare fish! I had them on my video lights, but went with ULCS on my camera setup. I got mine from Ryan @ Reefphoto.com also.

 

[alcina]

Biggest thing I don't like about locline, they are VERY noisy when you move them to a new position, which does scare fish! .

You need to dive where the fish are more mellow, Dude! They do make noise - but then your buddy knows you're still kickin'!