From: "Tom Reese" Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:51 AM Subject: Re: WTB: TTL ringlight flash
"> Tanya spent too much time in the Outback and fried her brain then wrote:" hehe, naah, you gotta have something to fry in the first place! ;-) "> If I were you, I'd investigate this issue thoroughly before I bought one for use with a digital > body." Can anyone else add to this? Why would a ring light flash work any differently than a normal flash? I mean light is light is light, right? (lol). I am well aware of the TTL problems with the *ist D as you all know, and I am not sure if I read it correctly, but the way Tom explains it, to me, it reads that the ring light may have even worse TTL capabilities than a normal flashgun such as the AF360fgz. I am totally confused by this, can anyone shed some light? > Most ringlight flashes are made for macro photography and are significantly > underpowered for any working distance greater than a few feet. Make sure > whatever you buy is packing enough power to do what you want it to do. You > may decide that a shoe mounted flash and diffuser will be a better method to > get a similar effect. Nope, tried it! I've never been able to recreate the effect using straight hotshoe mounted flash guns. The type of images that I am referring to all have that tell tale giveaway circular shaped catch lights in the models eyes! I will mainly be shooting teens and kids for this shoot, so distance really isn't that much of an issue. I can really get in as close as I need to. The reason for me hoping for a higher guide number however is in order to be able to overcome shadows from the sun. The shoot will be outside, on the beach, full sun in the middle of the day, so I will need all the power I can get! > I will have both the Phoenix and AF080C units with me at GFM. You're welcome > to try them with the *stD and see if they work for you. I know that doesn't > help you with your fashion shoot. Nope, it won't, but even so, that is a wonderful offer Tom, and I would be most excited to take you up on it! Thanks heaps! tan.
