Retra Flash Pro

Nicolas Remy · Issue 117, Nov/Dec 2020 · pp. 33–38

Products mentioned: Retra Flash Pro, Retra Supercharger, Inon Z240, Eneloop Pro batteries, Nikon D500, Tokina 10-17, Nauticam housing

Since 2018, there has been more innovation than ever in the underwater strobes market, so we’ve had plenty of options when we deciding to try something new. Having had a good experience with their original strobe (loan over a few dives), we decided to give Retra another go and purchased two Retra Flash Pros (which I’ll refer to as “RFP” for the rest of this review), which got delivered in July. At the time of writing this review, my wife/photography partner Lena and myself have spent 75h45mins in the water shooting these strobes, in a variety of situations and trying many of the accessories available to suit them. Outside: build quality and form factor The RFP is a nicely built unit, with a brushed aluminum finish that looks good and eases heat dissipation. After dozens of hours diving this strobe “naked”, a few scratches are visible on the outside body, but nothing affecting the functio…