On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:24:48 +0000 (GMT), Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > >The manual for this ring-flash says that it's suitable for just a few >lenses (50/100 Macro etc). Why is that? Has anybody used it with >other, reasonably close-focusing or inverted lenses? I have the >FA50/1.7 and the 75-150/4 (inv) in mind, or the F28-80/3.5-4.5.
Kostas I used to own one of these and used it with a few different lenses - Pentax FA100/f2.8, Sigma 105/f2.8 (both 58mm filter and no problem of vignetting) and also with an FA50/f1.4 mounted on a bellows - both normally mounted and reverse mounted. The flash itself also accepts a 58mm lens cap, so you can protect your lens while leaving the flash attached (it doesn't protect the flash tube however). It was a nice flash, but ring flashes reflect horribly off water surfaces and I ended up with too many images with a reflection of the ring on the water surface. I now use an AF360FGZ with a second flash head surgically attached. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
