GrtDay 1 Posted June 20, 2006 These are home-brewed hillbilly engineered Ikelightener's. (Not my naming- It belongs to Gene Gray in Montona) Anyway, I bought an old ScubaPro 3mm wetsuit on Ebay for $20. and proceeded to cut it up to make the "wetsuits" for the strobes. They work really well to protect them from rocks, etc. Anyway, they didn't make the whole ungainly DSLR with dual DS-120's managable so I cut up some "water noodles" from Target. ($3.00) I sliced them lengthwise and put them over my UltraLIght arms, securing them with zip ties. These worked really well but were Fugly and compressed at depth. When compressed they worked their way out of the zip ties and were a hassle. THEN, my buddy Gene Gray sent me his Ikelighteners. These soap bar sized floats fit under the Strobe Wet Suits and solved the problem of a heavy DSLR system. Methinks the entire D200 housing, camera, and Dual DS-120 system was 2-4 pounds negative. See the pics attached. Needless to say, the strobe wet suits turned a few heads, but doggone it, the hillbilly engineering worked! Tell me WetPixel readers, what do you think the market would be for such a system with wet suits and float? How much would y'all invest for a professional looking version of this system? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeVeitch 0 Posted June 20, 2006 at least 4 bucks if they come in black.... Oh hold it.. my Sea and Sea's already float.. hahah But i don't have a D200... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthp 0 Posted June 21, 2006 Cool, I was hoping you would explain what on earth these things are - cool idea anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TuriLed 2 Posted June 21, 2006 I remember seeing people talking about this stuff here before. Does anyone know the commercial name of this material? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobf 0 Posted June 21, 2006 I remember seeing people talking about this stuff here before. Does anyone know the commercial name of this material? Not sure if Core-Cell or Divinycell are the name brands of closed cell foam that you're referring to, but I can tell you that even neoprene will compress eventually at depth and subsequently lose at least partially it's buoyant characteristics. Rigid closed cell foam products such as the two mentioned above are lighter than water and will not compress at depth. For more info check out the jamesw post in the DIY sub forum. hth, b Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wchen 1 Posted June 21, 2006 You need a name for this. How about Strobedoms? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
