Some of my first photos with A6300

Hi Hector,

"Besides, I like dark backgrounds and the A6300 max Sync speed is 1/160, so again a compromise: dark backgrounds or less soft shots."

You need snoots! I use a straight black palstic soft tube (pvc I guess) with steel spiral inside. Diameter is the same as strobe's. Attachment with velcro. A snoot narrows the strobe's angle and voila you get a black or very dark background. Snoots are very usefull in macros. Especially mine kind of wide snoots giving 30-50 deg angle. I highly suggest you buy a book from Alex Mustard about lighting underwater.

"At f5.6 I will have to pull power down in strobes. In macro I used them very close to port pointing practically against the other."

With snoots problem solved. With a much narrower angle of light you can use the strobes very close or quite far from your subject. Anyway your way of putting the strobes is quite practical in many cases.

"The shots uploaded were taken in the 6 or 7 first dives with the A6300. The tray I had used with my late G7X was not wide enough to accommodate comfortably the Seafrogs Salted Line, so in the very first dives I took one arm out and dived with only one Strobe until I got a new tray. I am using one YS-01 and one old and solid Nikonos 105. Another Ys-01 is to be ordered soon to have a real matched pair)"

Your setup sounds more than satisfactory for any kind of macro shooting. There is no need for ttl anyway, since everything is made on manual. I would just keep on going with the Nokinos. At least they look impressive and with one you look like a pro.

Cheers, Kari