ORCATORCHD530V 1200 Lumens Underwater Video Light, 120° Super Wide Beam, 2 Modes with Battery Indicator, ZJ18 Ball Joint, IP68 Waterproof (150m) for Scuba Diving Photography/Videography

Nice light for the money. Will get the job done for up close video. Wouldn’t recommend as a primary light. But this model is intended for video.

This flashlight is smaller than I expected. The build quality is much superior versus some no name brand flashlights I have and seems like it will last longer but time will tell. There are so many accessories provided! The 1 inch ball mount will be perfect for me to mount this flashlight on my underwater housing. Spare o rings, spare rubber grip, lanyard and TWO batteries!The light output is impressive with no hotspots, perfect for a video light. I can’t wait to use it underwater with the snoot and report back after I dive with it. But I have attached pictures I took on land to demonstrate what snoots can do to emphasize the subject and make the distracting background disappear. Often in underwater photography, a “busy” background can ruin a picture. I think this will make a killer focus light with its long runtime.Negatives - For me, the instructions were not very clear. The safety mechanism to prevent accidentally turning on the light was different than my other flashlights so I had a hard time figuring it out but after seeing a video review (and re reading the instructions), it is all was good.Nowhere in the instructions does it mention the battery can be charged directly with the usb cable provided. I have never had a 18650 battery that had a built in usb charging slot so I was confused when I saw the “hole” in the battery and a provided usb cable. Although it is a cool idea, I will trust my high quality dedicated 18650 charger. But cool to have a backup way to charge the batteries.I will report back when I take this flashlight underwater but my initial impression is that this is a great flashlight!!!

The media could not be loaded. Sea Horse filmed with my old GoPro 4 and I used Orcatorch D530V dive video light. This light has wide beam and is soft without any hotspot in the middle which is perfect to illuminate the object evenly. My other dive lights have narrow beam which blinds my old camera (and animals). My GoPro doesn't film well in the dark but I think it did pretty well with this torch.

This is a good flashlight for my needs. Compact, easy to operate and wide angle beam. However, one of the batteries was not working out of the box. Which I discovered after being out the country and I wasn't able to exchange it in time. So charge and check your batteries as soon as it arrives.

The media could not be loaded. I took the light out on a night dive to see what would glow. I dove at Blue Heron Bridge which is a muck dive, so there aren't a lot of corals. It was cool that most seashells glowed orange and the critters which did glow, were greenish. The most common critters to glow were shrimps. I was surprised by how many little shrimps where in my vicinity. I'd toggle my primary light on and see none of them, turn it off, and I'd see 5 or 6 right in front of me. It was difficult to take video with my GoPro because if my dive buddy flashed her light in my direction, the GoPro would adjust to the brightness and not pick up the glowing objects. I'll definitely take this with me on more night dives so I can explore what glows and what doesn't. My hope is that some of the hard-to-find critters that I want to take macro pictures of will glow and the light will make it easier to find them.I'd like to add that the included ball mount is a nice upgrade addition over the listing without the mount. I was able to quickly add this light to my camera rig. It's also really cool that two batteries are included.

I purchased this light and then the snoot. The issue is the threads on the front of the flashlight no longer work to hold the snoot in place, it just falls off easily. Very frustrating.Edit, I am expecting a replacement, and will update the review later

**Update. I reached out to the customer service email and received a fast response, and once I verified my shipping information was immediately sent a replacement light, so that's pretty great nowadays, so I've revised my review.Still using the light on every dive, an just making sure seals are good and lubricated. For the price, it's a perfect light for my video purposes!Bought 2 of these lights, the main selling points were a push button (no rotary switch) and a low light setting, I use a gopro in some dark diving and too bright of a light just blows out the video quality.A few pics of my setup, and one picture taken from a video, but the lighting is good for this PNW environment, just gopro isn't great for photosBad news, after about 20 dives one of the lights flooded and died, so that's a bummer, but reached out to vendor and got a response in about 24 hours to resolve this, so that's encouraging. Will continue to use these and will just make sure I've got a backup as always 🤙

I really thought I had found the perfect u/w camera light. Bright, One battery. Light weight......Got up to go diving this morning, inserted the fresh battery, turned on - light flickered and is dead. Tried the second charged battery - still no go. My 30 dollar lights lasted longer than this ,,,,,,,