lighting question for balance hc9 to ultralight control arms anyone... thanks!

[McLoren]

greetings
looking for advice on gates hc9 with ultralight controll arms

do i want to get the ones that float does anyone have experience trying it ifso how big of arms were they

hoping to hear someones experience before i buy something expensive and cant enjoy it
ok thanks alot mike!

 

[mjh]

Hi, shot the Gates/HC9 for years, great set up. Most of the videos here where shot with it: Aquablue Dreams

What port/s and what lighting are you using? The housing itself with a Gates port is very close to neutral in the water.

LocLine vs. Metal and clamp arms: Locline arms are easy to use with the smaller Sola type lights but even at 3/4" can become "floppy" with larger lights like the Sola 4000s. Metal/Clamp systems do require a little more work to move around but are more rigid and work well with larger lights.

A little more info will help.

 

[diversteve]

You can also get Stix floats for Ultralight arms - my buddy uses them - StiX Adjustable Buoyancy Large Floats for Ultralight Strobe Arms

 

[McLoren]

martin! i just sent the money for the lights so id use the sunray 2000

ports swp25b fathom port on gates hc9

and i havent bought arms yet


short long float dont float?
do i want long arms whats the best recomendation for the right weight.

gates hc9 does best video at what arm distance short arm long arm

so the metal locks are better

---------- Post added March 7th, 2013 at 02:36 AM ----------

how boyant is too boyant i dont want to have it floating ...... my little camera does that

 

[ronscuba]

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how boyant is too boyant i dont want to have it floating ...... my little camera does that

I don't think you will have a problem having too much buoyancy. The Gates housing is close to neutral by itself, but the fathom lens and lights are negative. More than likely you will need a foam buoyancy collar for the fathom port plus maybe buoyancy tube. I recommend 8" ULCS buoyancy arms for the lights.

 

[McLoren]

I don't think you will have a problem having too much buoyancy. The Gates housing is close to neutral by itself, but the fathom lens and lights are negative. More than likely you will need a foam buoyancy collar for the fathom port plus maybe buoyancy tube. I recommend 8" ULCS buoyancy arms for the lights.

I have a buyancy tube.. i was looking at the 8" ulcs i was wondering if i should get the air filled ones?

i checked out your vids very cool
what did u do them with

 

[ronscuba]

Depends which videos you watched. All the really good UW stuff is from a Sony FX7. Tahiti UW was a Canon HV10. Tropical Dream UW was a GoPro1. Hawaii is a Sony TRV900. There is also a GoPro3 Belize video.