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05/18/2012, 05:55 PM | #1 |
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Royal Blue diving light??
Anyone know where to get a royal blue diving light? One that has cree rb like leds for diving... I've looked around and haven't seen anything yet. Might be time for a diy solution...
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05/20/2012, 12:55 AM | #2 |
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i have a light and motion sola 600 dive light. its a sealed (cant change the battery yourself) and its performed well. i use it for both a dive light and a video light.
it has a great throw to it. really outshines everyone elses light when we are on a wreck dive. there's a 1200 lumen model too. curious, why would you want a rb led dive light. it wouldnt cut thru the blue effectively, esp below 80' or so...would get washed out in 10' of water, natural sunlight C |
05/21/2012, 10:48 AM | #3 |
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I think he wants to use it to see coral's fluorescence.
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05/21/2012, 11:00 AM | #4 |
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Yea, exactly.... Was thinking if I had rb lights, I could see the flourescence just like my tank at actinics with my leds. Even if I had to get close, I think it would look cool.
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just my opinion, but you'd be hard pressed to see anything, might be dissapointed, unless you are on a night dive, and can switch readily between the two (normal light, higher spectrum light) it wont be like a black light affect, waving a wand over something if its in the daytime. good luck, let us know how it turns out!! c |
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05/21/2012, 09:36 PM | #7 |
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i feel like the point of diving is to enjoy things the way they appear naturally, in contrast to the point of our tanks which is to cram a ton of cool stuff into a tiny box and make it look as cool as possible. just my two cents.
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05/23/2012, 10:45 AM | #8 |
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NightSea has gear for really picking up fluorescence in corals. They have the blue light and yellow filters to really excite those fluorescent pigments and filter out the extraneous stuff. Makes the florescence from simple actinics look rather dull and lackluster.
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