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Read about this in a magazine today at Borders. Looks Cool and got a favorable review. Product: http://www.flaghead.co.uk/pages/ringflash-intro.html Found it to buy here: http://www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?ac.ui.p … &x=16&y=36 Anyone here use this toy before? Greg Jun 01 08 08:58 pm Link I have a similar product from Bowens - works good. Note - mine uses Bowens Studio Flash so its much more power. If you can live with low power ... make your own ! EL Jun 01 08 09:00 pm Link I tried it this weekend. I wish I had spent the money on glass instead. I may still find it useful but not nearly as much as I had hoped. With an SB800, it just doesn't deliver the light I want. So maybe it's just me. I'll be interested in finding out what others have to say. My unqualified advice is to buy a real ring light if that's the light you want. Jun 01 08 09:01 pm Link Alienbees and Silvera Imagery did this... https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … id=3918752 Don't know the model or the make of the thing.. but it rocked me... MA Jun 01 08 09:02 pm Link The RayFlash. I've seen the ads but for $299 it seems just a bit steep for what it is. They're the same price on eBay, too. Wait a few months for the Chinese knock-offs to show up. It's the same people that make ExpoDisc for white balance. For the same $299, I've been tempted to buy the Zeus ZRM-1 Ringmaster. I can probably mod it to work with my pack system. I'm an electronics engineer during my day job. Jun 01 08 09:40 pm Link I didn't realize the Alien Bees Ring Flash was only $399. Ahhh. $299 for a piece of plastic or an actual ring flash for only $100 more. The piece of plastic really doesn't sound like a great deal to me...but I still think it's cool....but you might as well spend the extra $100... Or...the Zeus ZRM-1 Ringmaster is $299 but you need their battery pack... Jun 01 08 09:54 pm Link Apparently you did not listen to the radio show on Saturday I spent 15 minutes reviewing this product www.talkshowphoto.com Jun 01 08 10:16 pm Link OwenImages wrote: the rayflash is much smaller and lighter than the abr800, which makes it much more convenient for weddings, events, travel, etc. Jun 02 08 05:05 am Link Bowens do a Ringlite converter, will go on any Germin heads! Just click on product range  www.bowens.co.uk Jun 02 08 06:47 am Link MistyAngel wrote: I'll second that. Alienbees are great products for the money and produce quality images. Once I save up i'm all over the ABR, which won't be long considering it's price. Jun 02 08 01:32 pm Link not to forget this thing allows TTL flash Jun 02 08 07:14 pm Link OwenImages wrote: holy overpriced. Jun 02 08 09:50 pm Link I have the Alien Bees ringflash.....ABR800. It's fairly light...easily hand holdable...and best of all....very versitle on how you can use it ...on-camera, off-camera soft boxes/Moon Units....and more importantly...using it outdoors....you will need all the light 'power/wattage' possible. For the xtra $100 for an AB ring flash....waaaay worth it. On my portal page....a few AB ringflash images... Jun 02 08 11:49 pm Link SILVERA Imaging wrote: I was reading that this baby can also double as a beauty dish with the grid on it. Curious of your experiences???? Jun 03 08 11:53 am Link Tom Couture Photography wrote: I agree. TTL on a ring would be kind of nice, but $300 for that is brutal. Jun 03 08 11:57 am Link Julian Marsalis wrote: This isn't really a "beauty dish" shot, but this was the ABR800 with the grid on it. Jun 03 08 11:58 am Link $300 bucks for a a hunk of plastic with plastic rods in it. put that 300 towards a REAL ring flash. Dont you just love how real basic crap is marked up 1000% just cause its geared towards the Pro market? Jun 03 08 12:03 pm Link 4C 41 42 wrote: Man the light is very nice indeed now I have to think more about getting this with a grid vs a new light with a beauty dish and grid setup. Jun 03 08 12:03 pm Link Dont get me wrong... i like the convenience factor and that it will work easily with any lens. butt his thing should cost no more than $50 bucks one other thing i just though of, how heavy is it? this item clips onto the flash which is connected to the shoe, Id get a little paranoid about something hitting it or laying it down, might put undo stress on the shoe mount Jun 03 08 12:06 pm Link Got one of the Ray's Ring Flash ....... The Worst $300.00 ever spent ........... Materials worth $20.00 Retail price to be happy $79.00 Jun 03 08 12:13 pm Link I did a quick review on my blog and posted a couple of sample images (untouched). I agree that it's priced too high, but I had a AB ring flash that I ended selling since I would have had to spend an additional $250 for the battery pack. So the AB ring flash ends up more like and additional $350 over the Ray Flash. BTW, it seems to be great for macro work (photographer david maynard showed me some fantastic macro examples) http://www.dmaynardphotography.com/gall … x-frg.html Here's the link to my review: http://davecross.blogspot.com/2008/06/r … flash.html Overall I was pretty pleased with the results and loved the portability of it. Now if they just lowered the price.... Jun 07 08 09:39 pm Link |
