Snooting with Ikelite

[fishinfol145]

I’ve been shooting macro for some time. I want to try using a snoot. I have Ikelite ds230 strobes.
These are great strobes, and I have seen some snoot attachments for them but with their large size and lack of flexibility in the arms, these don’t seem like the best option for snooting.

Id be happy to proven wrong.

In looking around it it seems like the Backscatter MF is the go to option for a lot of folks.

I could change my housing to an optical trigger but I like my TTL capability .

I was wondering if I can use the remote optical trigger on the MF and trigger it by firing the Ikelite strobes.

Has anyone tried it. Seems like it should work.

Do you snoot with t large strobes? Options?

 

[Wobbegong_th]

Check out this post

Thread 'Ikelite DS161 snoot options'

Aug 10, 2023

Just wondering if anyone is using a snoot with Ikelite DS161 strobes and if so what kind. I have been looking and unable to find anything. Thanks!

• Scottmurillo
• Replies: 5
• Forum: Strobes & Lighting

I'd seen the third one in #2 response in that post on one of my friend's friend when I met him in Tulamben, Bali. He's a professional photographer based in either Malaysia or Singapore.
That one would let you use only one Ikelite Strobe for 2 output snoot light source.

However, those were for DS 16X series, I think the DS 23X series would be a little different.

 

[TostitoBandito]

Dimensionally the front of the DS160/161/230 are all the same width because the same Ikelite dome diffusers fit on all of them. The only real difference is the 230 has a slightly dome shaped front piece of glass, which I suppose could matter in some cases.

 

[fishinfol145]

It seems that the consensus is to just snoot the Ikelite instead of trying to integrate the Backskater MF strobe into the system.

Thx all

 

[bvanant]

If you want TTL then yes snoot the Ike. If you use the Ikelite to trigger the MF 2 then I am pretty sure you will be in manual mode only.
Bill