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Roger, Thanks for the report, it is appreciated!!! >I was down at Divers Supply here in Gainesville yesterday. One of the >guys that worked there told me they (Divers Supply) had received some >sort of flyer regarding the *NEW* DiveRite light. It will be shown, >according to this employee, at DEMA. Been rumored for a while now. They (yes, even Dive Rite) realized that their light sucked raw eggs, but, they still had mortgages to pay, etc so they kept the neutraleak out there. >This is second hand information, so take it in this light (pun intended). >The light is indeed cylindrical. It has a threaded screw-in top (as >opposed to being clamped). I believe it will use similar light heads Hmmmm... Well most "normal" openwater dive lights (e.g. UK1200, etc) have screw on heads, ok... It will be interesting to see where the "O" ring(s) are, how they're seated, the style/pitch/etc of the threads, and how much out in the open they are, making themselves availble for damage/etc. >as the old DiveRite lights or that you may use the old DiveRite heads. >One feature of this light, according to the DS is that it is >"modular". Meaning, apparantly, that the system can utilize multiple >batteries to make it more powerful and up to the point of being able >to utilize it as a video light source. I'm assuming that you will be >able to connect multiple cannisters together. This would be known as marketingspeak, or, in other words, a *lie*, if indeed you described it correctly. Video lights have entirely different beam patterns attempting to FLOOD the landscape (floodlight is a good word here) with a relatively constant illumination. This is needed for the video cameras so one section of the CCD does not appear totally white while the rest is very dark. Anyone who has ever taken any underwater video knows what happens when some well meaning divers shine their lights across your video field, it washes out that section of the video (they think they're making it MORE visible to the camera or something like that). Normal lights have much more focused beam patterns aiming their beams in a relatively small cone, aiming for penetration versus coverage. So, in order to switch lights, a different reflector would be a MINIMUM as well. In order to "gang" these batteries they're probably using E/O connectors which add greatly to the cost. I'd bet dollars to donuts that it would end up MUCH less expensive buying a couple of high powered AUL lights (250 or 300 watts) than buying some of these DR units, but, time will tell. Since I'm not making it to the shows, I'll rely on others to report back their findings :^) >AGAIN. This is second hand information. Anyone that has more information >please post it or make corrections to this post. Thank you for the information... -Carl-
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