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Light & Motion

Mar 18
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Selecting a Great Video Light

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Originally published in DIVER Magazine in my Final Cut Column Let’s begin this column with Jill’s true confession: I have a bit of a light fetish. I can’t seem to stop buying new lights. Headlamps, solar rechargeable, hand-cranked lanterns, cinema lighting, LED key fobs and endless cave diving and video lights. I have them all.  And this doesn’t include the numerous bicycle lights my husband Robert and I have collected, because, well, I can pin that one on him. Whew, I’m glad to finally share this and get it off my shoulders. The fact is, lighting has improved exponentially since…

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Feb 09
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Freedom without Strobes

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Photography without Strobes Today I decided to take a fun dive with my girlfriends Renee Power and Pam Wooten. It was a casual day of diving and that gave me the freedom to experiment. I’ve been testing the Aquatica AGH4 housing with the Panasonic Lumix GH4 camera and decided to shoot some still photos. I was determined to forego using any strobes. Light & Motion offers an interesting suite of lights these days and I decided to use the new compact Sola 3000 video lights. Most of the time I used them on low power. I found the results to be…

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Jan 15
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Jill Heinerth Underwater Video with Aquatica AGH4 with Light & Motion

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I have been testing the Panasonic Lumix GH4 camera which was loaned to me by Aquatica in Canada. I decided it would be a great idea to try to shoot broadcast quality underwater video using only items I could fit in a single carryon case. I packed the Aquatica AGH4 housing, camera, arms and a complete Light & Motion video light set in a Nanuk 935 wheeled carryon case and went to task. The resulting video had to be downsized for the internet, but it was shot in glorious 4k Ultra HD quality. The camera shot some unbelievable stills too (well…

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Nov 10
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Steady Your GoPro

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If you have a GoPro camera, you’ll already be amazed at the quality of footage that can be produced by this tiny package. The two single greatest tips for shooting high quality video is to hold the camera steady and use lots of quality light. Many cave divers mouth their GoPro on their helmet, but this generally leads to frenetic video that induces seasickness in anyone that wants to watch your footage. Divers simply move their heads around too much as they look around the environment. To solve these two issues, Light & Motion has manufactured a compact tray system…

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Oct 26
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Death of the Canister Light

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My first primary light for cave diving was so heavy I had to mount it on two large D-rings and hang it from the bottom of my tanks. The bulky rectangular housing concealed two large sealed lead acid batteries. A hefty cord lead to a metal light head that could double as a sledgehammer. One day it switched on in the van and burned a hole in the carpet before I could get it shut off. I used to wait to the very last moment possible before turning the light on, well into the cavern zone, trying to save every…

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