You may want to check out this older thread where one of my friends has a few other lights he has tested, I remember another thread after that with more lights as he has tried out most of the affordable underwater video lights, I just cant find it atm lol.
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For daytime use just dont expect miracles unless unless your willing to buy themThat is why I prefer a good filter rather then spend $1000's on lights that will give me maybe an extra 50cm of daylight range for very big dollars.
I cant see GoPro users going for the high end lights as if you went that way you'd likely look for a better underwater camera first up, but also if you do go the better lights now you could always use them down the track but the GoPro wont do those expensive lights much justice. But at the price point of a good GoPro setup to get a significant jump in quality you really need to multiply the price a few times, so if your not willing to spend that sort of money just enjoy the gopro and filters, maybe some nice low powered video lights for night dives and penetrations.
The beauty of the newer lower priced cameras is that you can get started with some pretty cool underwater video setup at much below the cost of just a housing for a bigger camera. These mostly sell between $1500-$3000 just for the housing, then add a camera, lenses and after that money has been spent you'd be silly to cheap out on the lights.
A pretty big difference there for sure, final video quality will be much better on the proper underwater camera setup but you can get some pretty decent video at a much lower cost going with a GoPro or other cameras in that range these days.
ah marty.. yes.. i forgotten about this thread... good job by suryaprihadi on the pictures..
in that thread i also found a sample of two sola 600 lights at night taken by you. i think i am happy with that result. is that using the srp tray?
I am close to ordering one
