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Olympus SRF-11 Ring Flash Set

The Olympus SRF-11 Ring Flash Set comprises the RF-11 ring flash and FC-1 macro flash controller. It also includes a case that accommodates both flash and controller units. This ring flash offers shadowless, homogeneous illumination for macro photography, such as capturing jewellery, documentation in dentistry and other recording work. The ring flash head may be […]

Lomography Ring Flash

When mounted onto your camera, the Lomography Ringflash completely surrounds you lens and throws a burst of  even light onto your subject making for fantastic close-up portraits with a signature look. Skin is radiant, eyes have circular reflections, and crazy shadow effects are traced around your subject when they’re against a wall. Solid colour gels […]

Canon MR-14EX Macro Ring Lite flash

The Canon MR-14EX Ring Lite is for close-up and macro shooting and loaded with many features and capabilities. With Canon’s E-TTL, it takes full advantage of the flash performance of the EOS-1v, EOS-3, and other E-TTL cameras. Circular twin flash tubes can fire at even power, or varied between them over a six-stop range, and […]

Marumi DRF14 C Ring Flash – Canon Fit

The Marumi Ring Flash is a compact flash with hot shoe mounted power pack. It’s ideal for photographers who require shadow free illumination and is designed for close-up, macro, medical, scientific and forensic photography. The flash is practical to use and ideal for both the professional and serious hobbyist user. This model is dedicated for […]

Marumi DRF14 N Ring Flash – Nikon Fit

The Marumi Ring Flash is a compact flash with hot shoe mounted power pack. It’s ideal for photographers who require shadow free illumination and is designed for close-up, macro, medical, scientific and forensic photography. The flash is practical to use and ideal for both the professional and serious hobbyist user. This model is dedicated for […]

Orbis develop arm to support their flash adaptor

Enlight Photo, the company behind the Orbis Ring Flash Adaptor have given pre -release information about a mounting bracket for their Ring Flash Adaptor. The Orbis Arm is a compact and lightweight mounting bracket designed to work with the Orbis Ring Flash and most SLR flashes, cameras and lenses. Built from 6061 aircraft grade aluminium […]

Alienbees ABR-800 Ringflash review

The Alienbees ABR800 Ring Flash is a larger pro spec ringflash that’s more useful for portrait photography than the standard macro flash type that are produced by the camera manufacturers and independent flash companies. We’ve just spotted a review of the Alienbees ABR800 Ring Flash here on All Digital Nikon It’s a short review but […]

DIY ringflash adaptor

Here’s another ringflash adaptor project with diagrams.  This one looks really effective. Strobist: Super-Cheap, DIY Ring Flash    

Rayflash Ringflash Adapter For Nikon SB900

Flaghead Photographic announce the availability of the long awaited Rayflash Ringflash Adapter for the Nikon SB900. The Rayflash  Ringflash Adaptor, a unique lighting accessory developed by a professional photographer from the Czech Republic creates the same lighting effect normally only available from ringflash units made by studio flash equipment manufacturers, which are expensive, heavy and […]

Ringflash with bellows

Small ring flash units are ideal for macro, especially when using bellows as it’s the most effective way to get light onto tiny subjects. Another way is to mount flashguns on brackets at either side but this makes the rig more cumbersome and sometimes not flexible enough when shooting subjects in tight spaces. The smaller […]