MF2 with optical snoot set up

[Ardy]

Sale started? I've been waiting also and didn't get any emails

Go to backscatter site they are all on sale. I bought through local supplier and our Friday is US Thursday may be the reason for you.

 

[Ardy]

I take it from your comments that there is no reason to keep 2 strobes plus the MF2?

 

[davehicks]

I take it from your comments that there is no reason to keep 2 strobes plus the MF2?

Nobody ever regretted having an extra strobe when one failed. You don't generally need to dive with more than two, but I always travel with a spare.

 

[rmorgan]

I take it from your comments that there is no reason to keep 2 strobes plus the MF2?

Nobody ever regretted having an extra strobe when one failed. You don't generally need to dive with more than two, but I always travel with a spare.

Also, the MF (MiniFlash) is really purpose-built for closeup/macro subjects. It wouldn’t pair well with your big flashes using your 9-18.

 

[davehicks]

Also, the MF (MiniFlash) is really purpose-built for closeup/macro subjects. It wouldn’t pair well with your big flashes using your 9-18.

While the MF-2 is not a true wide-angle strobe, I always pair it with a big strobe. Sometimes I do this with a wide angle lens and use the Snoot to spotlight the central subject and the big strobe for illuminating the scene. This can yield some nice images with the right subject and background.

I usually do this when I dive with the Kraken krl09s wet/wide port on a 60mm lens. With this you can switch between macro and wide on the same dive.

 

[rmorgan]

While the MF-2 is not a true wide-angle strobe, I always pair it with a big strobe. Sometimes I do this with a wide angle lens and use the Snoot to spotlight the central subject and the big strobe for illuminating the scene. This can yield some nice images with the right subject and background.

I usually do this when I dive with the Kraken krl09s wet/wide port on a 60mm lens. With this you can switch between macro and wide on the same dive.

That makes great sense!

 

[hedonist222]

Hi thanks, I'll look up his advice. One of the reasons I bought it was I noticed several good photographers using the guide to control the MF and just take photos. Seems a bit of a ruse but at 77 I can afford the embarrassment..

Eventually, I'm able to aim the snoot at my subject. It takes a lot of time, sometimes up to two minutes. And then if a diopter is part of the equation, it can take much longer.
Having the dive guide aim takes two seconds.

 

[hedonist222]

I take it from your comments that there is no reason to keep 2 strobes plus the MF2?

It depends on what you want to accomplish, right?

I can see the benefit of using two strobes and the MF-2 to compose an image.

It's a lot of work, but if that's what it takes to accomplish what you want, then it's the only way.

The easiest route or selling off your large pair and just using the MF if you don't do wide angle.

 

[Ardy]

It depends on what you want to accomplish, right?

I can see the benefit of using two strobes and the MF-2 to compose an image.

It's a lot of work, but if that's what it takes to accomplish what you want, then it's the only way.

The easiest route or selling off your large pair and just using the MF if you don't do wide angle.

I was only thinking of selling one of them to offset the cost of the MF2. Maybe Dave is right and hollding onto it or using them for WA is sensible.
The dive guides in Tulamben hate WA photography they find it so boring for them.

 

[bvanant]

Except for the Liberty.