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Ring Flash...Cheapo or Canon Brand. Any Big Diff??
Im looking into a Ring Flash, Ive seen many of the Pheonix brand around for about $79.00 Doeas anyone here have any real world experience with this item? Is there any good reason to spend $464 for the canon MR-14EX ?? Whats your experiences been? Jul 03 06 11:30 am Link bump Jul 03 06 11:38 am Link Rent both and find out for yourself It takes longer than 8 minutes to get a reply typically...please don't bump your posts. Jul 03 06 11:42 am Link Thanks for you valuable input james Jul 03 06 11:46 am Link Thanks for you valuable input james Jul 03 06 11:47 am Link Those are only good for close-up work. I had owned noth and the original ml-14 ringflash. Don't expect you'll be shooting people and getting that halo characteristic of ringflashes in fashion or glamor photography. The pheonix one is not that spectacular, and feels cheap, but this is a case with a super cheapo unit can do the job. Jul 03 06 11:54 am Link I got a Phoenix ringflash and they seem like they're made for film SLRs, not DSLRs. I say this because I could not, for the life of me, get it to fire with my digital, and when I posted on another site asking what I did wrong, they said "you got a crappy flash which only works with SLRs, and even then, not that well." Jul 03 06 11:56 am Link Are there any decent strobes with a ring light? I've only seen profoto but that's out of my price range. Jul 03 06 11:58 am Link dissolvegirl wrote: What digital SLR camera are you using? Jul 03 06 12:07 pm Link hensel and balcar have ring units, also expesive. i love my profoto unit tho hensel makes a battery powered unit Jul 03 06 12:07 pm Link TestShoot wrote: Have my profoto ordered ... on its way. Cannot wait to have it. Jul 03 06 12:18 pm Link How much does that kind of profoto rig cost? I assume you need to pick up a power pack, the ringflash, etc.. Jul 03 06 12:31 pm Link I use the on camera TTL Sigma. It works OK. Have to figure out the best working distances from your models as well as best lens. I prefer it to having shadows on the faces. Jul 03 06 12:48 pm Link The cheaper ones ussually have only two bulbs (left and right) the higher end ones like the Canon have four. Weather this will effect your shooting is up to testing. Jul 03 06 01:00 pm Link you can use the macro ringlights for fashion. eric s has used the sunpak version for years. his stuff looks great. i used the canon version this weekend and it was awesome.  Jul 03 06 04:16 pm Link Zulufoto wrote: You need a pack with it. Profoto is not cheap (Look it up on adorama or b&h) but it gives you color acuracy and enough light intensity. Jul 03 06 05:05 pm Link the sunpak dx-12r (not the 8r) is the best game in town for the portable ones. a few images in my port were shot with it. it has plenty of power and even has a modeling light. Jul 03 06 05:23 pm Link dissolvegirl wrote: You are right on that...I have a Canon 20D and it takes about 5 min to seat the flash so it will fire properly...and when it does it has a very limited range...I have fiddled with it multiple times only to find out the max usable range is maybe 6 feet. It works great for ebay listings and small crap, but other than that-its useless and takes up space and batteries. Jul 03 06 05:29 pm Link Jean-Philippe Martin wrote: Is it possible to get similar results with regular strobes if you bounce them directly into a gold reflector? (like a zipdisc) Jul 04 06 02:30 am Link Zulufoto wrote: The light would be reflected therefore different than straight out from the strobe. You might manage to create a similar circular light source with a few tricks. Jul 04 06 02:38 am Link Christopher Bush wrote: Absolutely - I love my Sunpak DX12r and am adding on more modules so that I can use it with my Canon Elan 7E, my Bronica ETRSi, my Calumet Cadet 4x5" view camera and the Bronica 6x7 I am planning to add to my battery of cameras. Good power for the price (less than $500 including one module). Jul 04 06 02:56 am Link the Canon works great. The advantages are not so apparent- the ability to be master for 580EX strobes. This is great for location work. Also, high speed sync ability. I used to have a Sunpak Dx12R long ago, and the canon is much better. here is an image with the MR14 as main, and 580Ex as slave TTL.  Chip Jul 04 06 11:13 am Link I like profoto, but i just rent it. It's just to much money to purchase.. Jul 04 06 11:22 am Link I use a Elinchrom ringflash and ranger pack, it's cheaper than profoto but found it very reliable. You can use the light like a regular strobe (place on stand away from camera), with some adapters from Manfrotto you can attach a brolly in front or bounce it. Down side is it's bigger and heavier than the tradional small ringflashes. I find the small ringflashes slow to recharge for me and the auto settings can be erratic, which can be problem photographing people. Jul 04 06 12:50 pm Link too much $$$ to buy, for such a specific effect... just rent it. if you buy one of the high end ringlights... you'll use it for a couple shoots... then it will sit around for the rest of your career! stuff like that.. you are better off renting. Jul 04 06 06:21 pm Link those little ring flahses are NOT ring flashes at all. there is only 1 small model that is an actual ring flash and that is the Sunpak. it is great and small and offers decent power output. it is about $200 the others are profoto, hensel and broncolor and those will be like $1500 just for the flash head without power. the Sunpak will go on up to about a 77mm thread size, but you need to buy an adapter for it Jul 04 06 06:24 pm Link dont forget alien bees will announce their ringflash this month Jul 04 06 07:18 pm Link I use the Profoto ring flash. And together with the Pentax 67II, it can get pretty heavy.  Jul 04 06 07:32 pm Link DolceV wrote: Don't tell me my arms are getting MASSIVE!! And I have shoulder pain. Jul 31 06 12:59 am Link LooAragon wrote: Thatâs from a Macro Ringflash? Iâve got one somewhere. Must give it a try. Nice shot of j0 and Larissa. Jul 31 06 01:04 am Link lll's Ring Flash Light Compact CF Raw List https://modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=63911 Many answers on ring flashes found there. past links. Jul 31 06 01:07 am Link LooAragon wrote: Wow, the faces look great!!! Jul 31 06 01:17 am Link Moderator note. First. watch the quotes. Is it really necessary to quote a picture again and again in the same thread? Opinion. 2nd. normal threads are not for critiques of images. If you want comments on a photo then post in critique. If you have posted a pic to help others, then the picture and especially the model should not be critiqued as it would be in the critique section. MM policy. Thankyou Mhana moderator. Jul 31 06 01:22 am Link hey i just found this nifty how to build your own ring flash looks interesting i wonder if it works http://www.dennisonbertram.com/hackmast … -flash.htm Jul 31 06 02:53 am Link I just bought a Novatron Ringlight. Never knew there was such a thing but there is. Made by a company in Dallas by a guy who used to work for Novatron. It's light weight and can go to 1000 W/S output. Fits on the front of the lens via a Cokin adapter. Beats trying to buy a whole new system or building one. Jul 31 06 03:06 am Link sunpac ringflashes are good..come with adaptor rings so easily fitted to 35mm, and medium formats cameras and works dandy on my digital..a good all rounder Jul 31 06 04:50 am Link Hi,,I made my own ringflash,,,,How to submit photo, so I can show you my DYI item? Jul 31 06 07:06 am Link Not to perpetuate gossip, but I too have been hearing rumblings that AB is going to be coming out with an affordable ring flash. Jul 31 06 07:16 am Link Chip Willis wrote: Can you explain this a bit more? I had the canon ring flash once but returned it. Mark Anderson wrote: Do you have the information of this company? Jul 31 06 09:19 am Link Mark Anderson wrote: I just bought a Novatron Ringlight. Never knew there was such a thing but there is. Made by a company in Dallas by a guy who used to work for Novatron. It's light weight and can go to 1000 W/S output. Fits on the front of the lens via a Cokin adapter. Beats trying to buy a whole new system or building one. Do you have the information of this company? How much was it? What size lenses does it fit up to? It can go to 1000 w/s. Are there reduction switches or is that up to your pack or bleeding of heads? It came from Don's Used Photo in Dallas. I bought a used one for $500 plus shipping. New they are $800 I think. The use the pack to control the amount of light since you always have to have a full head on the pack when using it. I know it goes up to 77mm because I have Cokin rings up to that size. It used the larger Cokin format not the "A" size. Jul 31 06 11:07 am Link |
