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Ikelite Announces new DS Strobes Photo

Ikelite Announces new DS Strobes

Ikelite has announced new versions of their DS strobes. The DS230 offers 213Ws of power and has an integrated 2500 lumen video light. Its video light is shared with the DS162, which has 160Ws of power while the DS160 II has the same strobe output, without the video light. Lastly, the DS51 II has 50 Ws of output. All the new strobes feature improved recycling times, have redesigned controls, and triggering is via either the Ikelite ICS-5 electrical plug or an optional fiber optic converter.

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Sea&Sea Announces Updated YS-D3 Strobe Photo

Sea&Sea Announces Updated YS-D3 Strobe

Sea&Sea has announced an updated version of their YS-D3 strobe. The YS-D3 Mark II retains all the specifications of the original but adds compatibility and TTL accuracy with Sea&Sea and third-party strobe triggers. It also has redesigned control dials for output and mode controls.

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Inon Announces Z330 and D200 Type 2 Strobes Photo

Inon Announces Z330 and D200 Type 2 Strobes

Inon has announced that they will release new versions of their Z330 and D200 strobes. They both feature a new “fly-eye” diffusion surface on the inside of their dome ports that suppresses uneven light distribution. This also makes for a wide beam spread from their integrated focus lights.

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Wetpixel Live: Choosing a Strobe Photo

Wetpixel Live: Choosing a Strobe

Strobes or flashguns are a crucial part of the systems that we as underwater photographers deploy. Judging by questions and comments on the Wetpixel Forum, they still represent a source go confusion for many people. Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon and regular contributor Alex Mustard attempt to demystify this, by offering some thoughts on strobe choices on Wetpixel Live.

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Wetpixel Live: Strobe Diffusers, When and Why Photo

Wetpixel Live: Strobe Diffusers, When and Why

Most underwater flashguns come with diffusers that can be attached to them to modify their output. When, and when not to use them is the subject of the next episode of Wetpixel Live. Join Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon as he describes what they do and when you should have them on your strobes.

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Wetpixel Live: Foolproof Flash Firing Photo

Wetpixel Live: Foolproof Flash Firing

One of the “dark arts” that are required when you are choosing and setting up your underwater camera is to get your camera and strobes to communicate with each other. Adam Hanlon and Alex Mustard address this on Wetpixel Live, describing the current methods available and suggesting some ideas that will help ensure that your flashes fire when you press the shutter.

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RETRA announces new strobes Photo

RETRA announces new strobes

Retra UWT has announced two new strobes. The Flash Prime has a 100Ws output, controllable over 13 steps with a 130° beam angle and a color temperature of 4900°K. The Retra Flash Pro shares most of these specifications but has a 150Ws output. Both strobes offer electrical connection via an optional converter, with fiber optic triggering as the standard.

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Strobe tests: Inon Z330, Retra Flash and Symbiosis SS2 Photo

Strobe tests: Inon Z330, Retra Flash and Symbiosis SS2

Wetpixel offers the long awaited and definitive test of the Inon Z330, Retra Flash and Symbiosis SS2 strobes. Carried out over the past 6 weeks in the UK and in Egypt’s Red Sea, each strobe has been cycled several thousand times and used in as wide a variety of situations as possible. Inevitably, there will be some questions that remain unanswered so ,to discuss the results and the strobes further, check out the thread in the Wetpixel forum.

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