birdfromboat Goldmember  1,839 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2008 Location: somewhere in Oregon trying to keep this laptop dry More info | May 25, 2008 03:22 | #1 Okay, I am new. I see the cannon ring and twin flashes, and then I see the phoenix and sunpak and others at a third of the cost. I am not a big flash fan, always opting for faster glass and reflectors and natural light whenever possible, so I don't know a whole lot about them. But I can see that I need a macro light and that I can spend as little or as much as I want to on one. So I ask you that know,where do I get on the bus and where do I get off? 5D, 10D, G10, the required 100 macro, 24-70, 70-200 f/2.8, 300 f2.8)
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tdodd Goldmember  3,733 posts Likes: 3 Joined Jun 2006 Location: Essex, UK More info | May 25, 2008 03:59 | #2 I did a Google for diy macro flash and this was the first result returned....
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msowsun "approx 8mm"  More info | May 25, 2008 09:40 | #3 How about $14.95? I have been using one like this for years with both my A80 and DSLR.     Mike Sowsun / SL1 / 80D / EF-S 24mm STM / EF-S 10-18mm STM / EF-S 18-55mm STM / EF-S 15-85mm USM / EF-S 55-250mm STM / 5D3 / Samyang 14mm 2.8 / EF 40mm 2.8 STM / EF 50mm 1.4 USM / EF 100mm 2.0 USM / EF 100mm 2.8 USM Macro / EF 24-105mm IS / EF 70-200mm 2.8L IS Mk II / EF 100-400 II / EF 1.4x II
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RPCrowe Cream of the Crop  More info | If you already have a 550ex or 580ex flash...  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. See my images at http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/
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scot079 Goldmember  3,839 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2007 Location: Maryland USA More info | May 25, 2008 17:35 | #5 i did the bracket thing for a while and it just got too cumbersome. If you can swing it, get the best...MT-24EX. - Tim
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BobD. Member 141 posts Joined Apr 2008 Location: NJ, USA More info | Anybody used one of these?
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birdfromboat THREAD STARTER Goldmember 1,839 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2008 Location: somewhere in Oregon trying to keep this laptop dry More info | May 26, 2008 10:02 | #7 yeah, I see there is a wide variety of flashes and also a wide variety of advice about flashes. I currently have the 5d, so I can fire a hot shoe or corded flash, but slaves will require me to at least load some kind of a mini flash unit on the shoe. right now I am hand holding a canon 220 and wishing I had a more convenient and consistent method. I know a ring flash can leave ring highlights on shiny bugs, but the convenience and consistency would be worth the trouble of having to also remote fire a fill of some kind on ocassion. There is no apparant easy way to do it all, but it seems to me that a cheap ring light will do it easily and be adequate for most situations and easily compensated for in the rest of the problem shots. Do you agree or am I shooting with the cap on? 5D, 10D, G10, the required 100 macro, 24-70, 70-200 f/2.8, 300 f2.8)
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scot079 Goldmember 3,839 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2007 Location: Maryland USA More info | May 26, 2008 10:08 | #8 did you read this? - Tim
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BobD. Member 141 posts Joined Apr 2008 Location: NJ, USA More info | What about the Digi-Slave L-Ring 3200?
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birdfromboat THREAD STARTER Goldmember 1,839 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2008 Location: somewhere in Oregon trying to keep this laptop dry More info | May 26, 2008 10:42 | #10 thanks for all good advice. as I learn more I hope to be able to contribute more to this site, for now I am just grateful to everyone for all the help. thanks especially for the links to more info, saves me from sifting through all the results of a search for the really usable stuff. probably going to buy rather than build, probably going to go cheap rather than canon. Still looking and reading. 5D, 10D, G10, the required 100 macro, 24-70, 70-200 f/2.8, 300 f2.8)
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gryphonslair99 Senior Member  491 posts Joined Aug 2006 Location: Wichita, Kansas More info | Here is a quick shot of my macro setup. Before I pickup up a second 580 EX I was using a single 580 with a piece of reflective foam board on the opposite arm.  You don't take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it.
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jr_senator Goldmember  4,861 posts Joined Sep 2006 More info | May 26, 2008 22:36 | #12 I have only used my ringlight 2-3 times. I bought it used (eBay) for $50. I also wanted to spend very little on something I didn't think I would use much. This ringlight from B&H is like what I have. http://www.bhphotovideo.com …000_Macro_Ring_Flash.html
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