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Ring flash / light with 60mm Macro

Started Feb 3, 2013 | Discussions thread
_sem_ Veteran Member • Posts: 5,033
Re: Ring flash / light with 60mm Macro

How about something like this

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/35870560

(just the concept, you can improvise with the pop-up flash and a cut plastic picnic plate).

Despite the popularity, ringlights are not necessarily the best thing for macro.

The advantage of proper flash is freezing motion, while the good thing with continuous light, including LEDs, is seeing the reflections in advance.

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