Re: using a canon ring light

2009-08-30 Thread Toine
Triggering the flash should be possible. controlling the light is the real problem. It's usable If it has manual settings like 1/4 and 1/16 of full power. I used a small chinese ring flash (full power only) for many years. The effect is allways the same: pitch black backgrounds. I now use the new P

using a canon ring light

2009-08-30 Thread Larry Colen
A buddy had to replace his canon ringlight because his old one wouldn't work on his 5dII. I was going to try his old one on my gear. Its a Canon Macro Ring lite ML-3 Plan A is to use a dumb hot shoe adapter on the shoe, or alternatively some sort of optical trigger on the box for the ring light.