You'll find that eating up a lot of light is _not_ an issue with macro work. I've sometimes had trouble reducing the light enough on my Pentax ring light, especially if I want shallow DoF. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On my way to the city I stopped at ephoto (the local importers of cheap > chinese photo gear) to pick up a set of barn doors for my studio strobe. > > While I was there I splurged on one of those $30 adapters to turn a speed > light into a ring light. It eats up a lot of light, but seems to do a decent > job. These are some quick and dirty macros of the mushrooms in my front yard: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628496367789/ > > Summary: I'd rather have a real ring light strobe, but for $30 vs $300, > it'll work for now. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
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