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How old is the camera? I was pleasantly surprised to find the CCDs in modern phones and cameras are several times more sensitive than older ones, hence you can now take photos in lower lighting than you can see with your own eye.
Unsafe is more fun, live a little.
Troll diving without fins is generally considered to be unsafe.
Was that an intentional pun?
The camera is a Sony A6300. It isn't about low-light sensitivity, it's about restoring proper colors - water absorbs reds and yellows much faster than blues and greens, so you need the strobes to overwhelm the natural light, and the more natural light your camera gathers, the more artificial light you need to add to kill the blue/green tint. My strobes are Retra Pro with superchargers, those weigh 1150g dry and 320g in the water just by themselves. The float arms are 450g dry each, but give up to 600g of buoyancy when submerged (they can be partially flooded for adjustment). The camera body alone may be just 400g, but the whole rig tips the scales at around 10kg.
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