ONEUW ONE160x

Phil Rudin · Issue 124, Jan/Feb 2022 · pp. 24–27

Products mentioned: ONEUW ONE160x, Nauticam NA-A1 housing, Nauticam WACP II, Nauticam WWL-1B, Sony A1, Sony FE 28-60mm F/4-5.6, Tamron 17-28mm F/2.8, NBP-4830 NiMH battery pack

ONEUW is an Italian company based in Cividale del Friuli, a city in north-east Italy near the Croatian border. ONEUW is a company that set out to design a wide angle underwater flash without compromise to light quality, high efficiency, ease of use, durability or reliability. The result of this years long project is the ONE160x a remarkable tool for the creative still image maker. This flash is not a hybrid with built-in video lights or lots of add-on accessories it is a workhorse designed for photographers who demand the very best. This flash is incredibly robust because it is built in the same way as most modern aluminum U/W housings form a single solid block of corrosion resistant aluminum. The one160x flash is tooled using an ultra-modern multi-axis CNC machining process and after a hard anodic oxidation process, it is coated with nanotech quartz making the surface hydrophobic. All o…