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As a diving amateur and underwater photography Enthusiast,Is very important to get a good diving video light for your photography and videography.
Last time I was traveling to the Derawan Indonesia.And also take an assignment for test the Nitescuba Pixel 5
Before I get the Nitescuba Pixel 5. I have two dive video lights already. and both are around 2000lumen,
The lumen of Nitescuba Pixel 5 is much higher that makes me very excited . The one has 5 settings .
ARE:5000Lumen wide light(4 setting);
1000lumen Spot light(3 setting);
150lumen Red light(3 setting);
12w UV light(2 setting),SOS and Strobe.
I have use this one for fill Light, and also for focus assist light .
For fill light
(The left one is 2400lumen old dive light, The right one is Nitescuba Pixel 5)
For focus assist light
The first impression when I get this one is very in light weight.And makes me stunned that a 5000lumen light with a ball mount connecter can be just
290g on land , This is really a good favor for scuba diving.Even with battery . The weight on land is 460g and 220g underwater.Compare with my present
old light. The wight is just the same as one of my 2400lumen diving light.
Three dive lights I have and the technical data.
The other big advantage of this light is the charging speed.Most of my old dive light in 2000 lumen were using 32650 lithium battery. When the
battery is died, I have to spend at least one night for charging it .So in order to save time for the charging. I normally will have 2 or 3 batteries for
back up.The Nitescuba Pixel 5 use 4pcs of 18650 battery(NCR18650B Panasonic), with a charging adapter, Only take 2 hours for charging from empty
to full power.That means you can charge you battery when get a break between two dives.Never be annoyed by run out of battery any more.
The battery and Charger
Normally I just use the lowest wide light setting. Only when I need to take video ,I will use the highest setting of wide light.The edge of the lighting
is very soft.The spot light can helpful for the micro photography,Such as transparent creature,use the spot light can help me get the outline of the
creature,even without the flash. For the red light,I use it for morning dive and night dive. Most of the creature are scared of the white light, Use the
red light can make them relax. Last time when I record the process of Jawfish spit egg,and I use the red light,But the Jawfish just hesitate at the small
cave,and fear to come out.but when I change to the UV light.the lowest setting of the UV light,The color temperature close to moon light,and finally get
the jawfish move his head out of the cave.making the filming process easier.
Use the spot light setting filming the shrimp
Use the UV light setting for filming the Jawfish
After I back from the Derawan,Nitescuba has launch a new snoot for Pixel 5, And send it to me.I am going to use it on next trip in Anilao. and hope
I can give you further feedbacks .
Thank you for your reading.
Nitescuba Pixel 5 test video on youtube
Nitescuba Pixel 5 On website
Nitescuba Pixel 5 Snoot
And also can email us at sales@nitescuba.com
Cheers/Minos
