Homebrew GoPro tray

[ronscuba]

Very bright, not so good for this purpose, I found out. Good as a focus light, but I have had issues and I don't want to buy another one of those. Also VERY heavy, two would be hard to lug around. Want to buy mine?

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I still have my video lights with separate battery canister. I like keeping the weight and bulk on my waist vs. extended out on the light arms.

Maybe get your dive buddy to be your lighting assistant using the Mangroves ?

 

[RockyHeap]

Figured I'd toss up my home brewed tray and dual arm to give people ideas.

The white nylon tray and the single right hand grip, with locline flex arm, I aleady had from an old old Sealife point and shoot.........it was just gathering dust in the garage.

As I only had 2-3 days before a trip to set up the dual handles and arms with twin Sola 600's, I overnighted a Backscatter handle (the black lefthand grip and it came with ~7" of locline) Couple of drilled holes and 3 stainless steel screws to join both single grip trays, add a GoPro tripod mount, and a coiled lanyard, and I've got a cheap dual handle dual light GoPro2 setup. I put the Backscatter grip in a Vise, and bent the upper (normally angled flange) to a flat orientation to get the light arms more off to the side

By the way, the Backscatter Single grip handle is a piece of crappp for $40, I'd never of bought it if it wasn't for leaving on a trip in only day, and I just had them add it to the Twin Solas that I bought from them as well as some other GoPro goodies. honestly it's uncomfortable to hold, and is just a bent piece of aluminum with 1/8" cheap crappy foam as a "grip" I may put more closed cell foam over it, as it needs more foam.

But My rig works, was cheap, is functional as a twin light rig, and puts the lights about 24" apart with Nine 3/4" locline links per arm.