Homebuilt ROVs Forum

My personal preference is to have lights mounted off to the side. As to high vs. low, I'd go with high. Generally, I'm looking at the bottom. If the light is high looking down, rocks and stuff on the bottom don't cause shadows, or it's at least not as much of an issue.

This a fairly short but in depth look at lighting in underwater applications. It shows various mounting options and the pros and cons for the different applications.

http://rosys.com/wp-content/uploads/ROS ... ctions.pdf

Whoa, thanks for the link. Looks like a cool document!

On 22 Jan 2013 the link provided by bikerbones for lighting in underwater applications could be found at: http://www.rosys.com/wp-content/uploads ... ctions.pdf