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 Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:16 pm Post subject: HVL LRS ring light? |
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Was going through old boxes and found the box for my camera-with all the leaflets it came with. One of these was advertising all the "extras" and the LED lighting for macro work caught my eye. Has anyone used this? If so, is it really worth the £90+ ive seen it for?
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Ring flashes are ok if used for the right subject..personally not a fan for reptiles as I think they produce flat looking pictures as they eliminate any shadows..you can get ring flashes that will only fire half the light thus creating some depth and nikon have quite a sophisticated lighting system for macro use but I hate the catchlights it produces.. 
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right, cheers stu... would i be better investing in a nice LED torch which I could use in low light situations to produce good lighting (but shadows still) It would also probably be a fraction of the price!!
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what are you planning on shooting?.. a fast lens and decent external flash should be fine.
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Its for the uber close up shots of my frogs... the flash tends to either wash them out or reflect off something else
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It wont if you direct the flash away or dial it down so its not on full power..I use a nikon sb 600 and works just fine.
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Stuart
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 Bloody small too!
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Great pic stu! My cameras a sony cybershot DSC T10, im not sure i can dial it down much or change the angle its at...
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Ah ok...mmm not sure what to recommend other than a dslr tbh..
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