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 Posted: Mon Aug 8th, 2016 07:26
Eric



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It depends how far you want to go with creative lighting close up. The Nikon system I had, was very flexible. You could vary direction, position and output from the heads spaced around a ring attached to the lens. As you can imagine, the detail you could create was far better than a basic flat on ring light. The heads could also be removed and used as small remote flash units controlled from the camera ...ideal for hiding in settings to fill dark spots....though their output was limited and they needed reasonable line of sight to activate at a distance from the camera.

This versatility is expensive and can be a bit unnecessary....that's what I found and sold it!

The Sigma I had before it was much simpler and worked well. I just feel this sort of ring flash is a bit flat.

Last edited on Mon Aug 8th, 2016 07:56 by Eric



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