Onderwaterhuis Flip Snoot Pro

Dan Bolt · Issue 82, Jan/Feb 2015 · pp. 41–44

Products mentioned: Onderwaterhuis Flip Snoot Pro, Sea & Sea YS-D1, INON Z-240, Ikelite DS-161, Ikelite DS51, Ikelite S-2000, Inon LE torch diffuser

Onderwaterhuis Flip Snoot Pro by Dan Bolt The three parts of the Flip Snoot Pro (l-r) Mode 3, Mode 2, Mode 1 Top-lit Plumose Anemones. Olympus E-PL5, 9-18mm @9mm, ISO640, f/6.3, 1/80th. Snoot Mode 1 Snoots are nothing new to the underwater photography scene, indeed it was back in 2010 that Keri Wilk won so many plaudits for his stunning array of accurately snooted images in the Our World Underwater competition [http:// www.underwatercompetition. com/Competitions/Our-World- Underwater-2010]. And so for many of us a snoot has been a useful tool to keep in our camera bags for quite some time, so I was quite intrigued to be asked to review the new Onderwaterhuis.NL Flip Snoot Pro; especially as I already own one of their existing non ‘Pro’ models. What attracted me to the old Flip Snoot was exactly as the name suggests; its ability to flip away from the strobe allowing a great deal of versat…