Sigma EM-140 DG TTL Macro Ringlight Flash

[Grentz]

Anyone use this guy?

I am debating between it and the Canon MR-14ex Ring Light and curious if anyone has used them both?

The Sigma is a good $150 cheaper and seems to be very similar.

[AirBrontosaurus]

I only have the Sigma, but I really like it!

It gives you amazing lighting control, and the price is unbeatable. I only got to use it for 2 days before everything froze over and my macro ended for months :(. However, I really like the shots I got with it.

These were taken with the Sigma EM-140, a 20D, and the MP-E macro lens:


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2132/1527234774_830f01d085_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2342/1526366793_330d881a35_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2100/1526368303_574c25c15b_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2169/1526366243_2512f41d68_b.jpg

Like I said, I only got to use it twice, so I'm not very good with it yet, but I really do love what it can do. I used a normal flash on a bracket in the past, and I prefer the Sigma to it by far. I personally prefer even lighting in a macro shot, and it's really easy to create the shadows you want with diffusers and such. The control you get over the light output is really impressive.

[Grentz]

Awesome, thanks for the info. Those are some great shots!

[pixel_junkie]

I'm also interested to find out what the best value ring flash is. The above shots are really nice BTW!

[Grentz]

Ya, I did a ton of searching and found little info, and even less comparing it to the canon MR-14ex. I know the MT-24ex is much more usable with the ability to change the light source location, but it is much much more expensive.

In looking at the Canon MR-14ex and the Sigma EM-140, feature and usage wise they seem identical. I even compared the manuals and all the features seem to be almost identical.

Only difference I seem to find is that the canon uses curved flash bulbs where the sigma uses two straight bulbs...I dunno if that makes a big difference or not though as I cannot find any comparison shots :(

[lowcrust]

Doesn't the MR-14 allow you to fire other EX flashes wireless in e-ttl mode? If so does the Sigma offer the same capability?

[Mark001]

Doesn't the MR-14 allow you to fire other EX flashes wireless in e-ttl mode? If so does the Sigma offer the same capability?

Good question...has anyone tried this with the Sigma?

[Grentz]

The Sigma Ringlight can fire other sigma flashes that are slaves, and from what I have read it seems that the Sigma flashes will work with the Canon system for the most part just fine.