Walt Stearns

I found a buyer. through Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/273948869393071/permalink/4548573465263902/?sale_post_id=4548573465263902&referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner

Strobe has been sold.

Dropped price to $825.00

Quite alright Tim. Chances are whoever is looking to buy mine is either looking to pick up a third strobe as a spare, or buy a set, which is where you come.

This is still a new, still in the box Retra Prime model underwater flash. I purchased four of these strobes last year looking to keep one in reserve in the event one of my three primary work strobes should fail. I really like these strobes and have gone as far as write a review on them (https://underwaterjournal.com/2020/11/16/retra-prime-underwater-strobe/), but I have discovered that the three of these strobes is really all that I need. This Retra Prime is essentially a new strobe, as it has never been removed for the box in came in. On the outside, the only thing different between the Prime and even newer Prime X is the labeling around the mode switch changing from U1 and U2 to HSS and U as it is now on the Prime X. On the Prime, both the U1 and U2 setting can be set to HSS setting. Internally, the differences between the Prime and Prime X models are a little bit more questionable in that the newer Prime X model features up to 25% faster recycle times and up to 20% more flashes per battery charge. Beyond that, it’s the same underwater flash. My selling price is $875 which includes free shipping in the US.

If it only costs you one Kidney, then that’s good as it gets. The one exception is, getting one that was left to you in a will.

leondurda, to your question doing blackwater as a shore dive, the answer is no. All blackwater dives in South Florida take place roughly 6 to 7 miles offshore, and the boats need to run a considerable distance south before they make the drop for the dive due to the northward flow of the Gulf Stream.

Posting a picture of it will help sell it faster.

TimG, that is one of the several varieties of juvenile flying fish we see here on blackwater dives.

Between the onset of the Covid 19 storm and all the related lockdowns in the US, my travel plans for 2020 went to zip. Fortunately, I live in South Florida with the Palm Beach County coastline as my back yard, with allowed me to still undertake some really good diving in from Goliath groupers, sharks and blackwater. Here’s two from 2020.

Outside of maybe video work, I have not seen anything that would move me from Nikon’s D850 to a mirrorless camera from Nikon, Canon or even Sony.

Most of the underwater photography I do is wide angle, with macro (primarily blackwater) as a secondary. The last model Sea & Sea strobes I worked with were the YS-250s. Yes, they were heavy, but great powerhouses. When I retired them, I went briefly with the original Retra’s before jumping to the new Inon Z-330’s. The Z-330’s are decent strobes but have a bit of lack luster when it comes wide angle lighting. When Retra finely released their new Prime and Pro model strobes, I jumped on the Prime models as their specs indicated that they had all that I actually required for wide angle work. You can read about my findings with the Retra Primes here - https://underwaterjournal.com/2020/11/16/retra-prime-underwater-strobe/ My only complaint with them is battery life for getting past a two-tank dive. Some boat trips I do off Palm Beach Florida involve a three-tank excursion. I have since then augmented them with the power packs, which up the AA battery count from 4 to 8 ensuring I have enough power for the whole day.

Until I see some real specs on Nikon’s new Z9, everything about it is purely speculative.

Shearwater is my recommendation. Does everything you need and then some, plus it features the most intuitive, user friendly menu system for setup I have ever found in a dive computer. Furthermore, it’s the most trusted dive computer in the technical diving community.

As mentioned earlier, I had received notice form Retra back on Feb 2nd that my first two prime strobes were on their way, which arrived a few days later. In addition to purchasing two directly from Retra, I had also preordered two more through Backscatter around the same time. Happy to say they too are on their way to me now with the arrival this Friday the 28th., so Retra is getting them cranked out.