Hi,
I'm looking for a strobe and video light combination for taking both photos and video, and I haven't seen much discussion of combining the two. I'm probably going to get the Canon SD940, which can take 720p movies, so I would like to take both videos and photos together. If I get a brighter and more diffuse light designed for video instead of photography and used it as a focus light, would this also work to help avoid casting shadows with only one strobe?
The whole thing with the camera and housing needs to run under $1000, so I don't have the option of getting really high end stuff, and I don't really want to drag around a huge rig underwater anyway. I was kind of thinking about the Ikelite Pro-V8 LED Video Lite as a video light since it's not too expensive, and then I was looking at the Ikelite AF35, the Fantasea Remora, the UltraMax UltraPower UXDS-1 Strobe, or the Sea and Sea Ys27DX. But maybe there are better options. Or maybe combining a video light with a strobe and trying to do both things with one camera won't work that well for some reason, and better to find that out now then after I buy a bunch of stuff. Thanks for any thoughts.
I'm looking for a strobe and video light combination for taking both photos and video, and I haven't seen much discussion of combining the two. I'm probably going to get the Canon SD940, which can take 720p movies, so I would like to take both videos and photos together. If I get a brighter and more diffuse light designed for video instead of photography and used it as a focus light, would this also work to help avoid casting shadows with only one strobe?
The whole thing with the camera and housing needs to run under $1000, so I don't have the option of getting really high end stuff, and I don't really want to drag around a huge rig underwater anyway. I was kind of thinking about the Ikelite Pro-V8 LED Video Lite as a video light since it's not too expensive, and then I was looking at the Ikelite AF35, the Fantasea Remora, the UltraMax UltraPower UXDS-1 Strobe, or the Sea and Sea Ys27DX. But maybe there are better options. Or maybe combining a video light with a strobe and trying to do both things with one camera won't work that well for some reason, and better to find that out now then after I buy a bunch of stuff. Thanks for any thoughts.
