RingFlash Resource

Doi were Japanese manufacturers of photography accessories who were around in the 70s and early 80s. The Auto Circle Flash was one of their range and quite a decent bit of kit, like other items in their portfolio. Weighing just 120g, the ring flash head is lighter than the Centon / Vivitar 5000 style model […]

We just stumbled on this – a link to another DIY ringflash project from Tommy Huynh on his web site – the Ferel Photographer. This one looks quite good and could be made on a budget to fit any flash gun you care to use. Good work Tommy. See the whole article here: The Pocket […]

      Sinar Bron Imaging currently have a promotion on their web site offering the Broncolor Ringflash P with a 50% discount when a new Para 220 FB or Para 330 FB is purchased at catalogue price. The offer expires on June 30 2009. Details here: Sinar Bron Imaging 2nd Quarter Promotions

The winner of the first Orbis competition is announced. Young Norwegian photographer Eirik Slyngstad wins, with his ethereal fashion-oriented image taken using the Orbis ring flash. The company said the competition was so hard to judge and they couldn’t pick a winner at all when they first started judging. "We agonised over our decision for […]

The Nikonians Site has posted a Video showing the Metz 15 MS-1 being used for indoor macro photography. You can see the video narrated by Martin Joergensen here: www.nikonians-podcasts.org/NPC-OLV-2009-03-16/ There’s also a podcast available of the video.

The makers of the Orbis RingFlash have announced a competition where the winner will recieve a voucher worth 250USD to spend with US photography retailer, Adorama. Whether you’re a keen amateur, student or professional photographer, it’s free to enter photos taken with, or featuring the orbis™ ring flash. To enter you need to submit your […]

If you fancy a huge ring light and would like a handy DIY project check out J Yoseph’s detailed step by step illustrated guide to building this ring light. It’s really well explained and has some clear illustrations of each stage. It’s a US site so costs are in dollars and the total outlay is […]

There are many photographers who’ve wanted to modify the light from a flash or bulb. One of the latest I came across was the photographer known for making interesting 5×4 wooden large-format cameras. The Rayment field and technical cameras, made by Rayment Kirby, combine this photographer’s photographic, technical and engineering skills. He’s now applied these […]

Sony users have a really cool macro flash kit available that was originally designed by Minolta. Minolta were ahead of the game and introduced the Minolta Macro Twin Flash 2400 in February 2001, six months before Canon followed with a similar tool. The flash has a MFC-1000 Controller that slips on to the camera’s special […]

The RayFlash Ringflash Adapter is available in several versions, made specifically for flash units from Nikon & Canon but it can be modified to be used with a much wider variety of guns and cameras. Feedback from customers of the UK importer Flaghead helped them compile a flash compatibility chart which we are sharing below. […]