You could get a ring flash for macro work, but the tend to be rather flat in terms of lighting. They are great for medical and forensic work, but you can achieve fine results using a regular TTL flash on a bracket. Track down a copy of John Shaw's book called "Closeups in Nature" and look at the section on "butterfly brackets." I make my own flash brackets for mackro work (out of a few dollars worth of odds and ends from the hardware store). Take a look at this link on my website:
http://www.markcassino.com/essays/insectphoto.htm for some info. Good luck - MCC At 11:31 AM 4/18/2002 +1000, you wrote: >Hi, > >My name is Rachel and I am a 27yo female from Australia, I am new here and >also to photography. I purchases a MZ-50 to learn on and I plan to upgrade >in a year or so. I didn't want to put too much money into a camera until I >had more of an idea of what I wanted in a camera. > >I got a Sigma 28mm-80mm Macro lens for my bithday and I would really like to >get a flash ring for my macro photography, can anyone reccommend one for my >particular camera. Also is there a flash ring I can use that will also fit >any camera that I wish to update to in the future? > >I have started a 6 month introduction to photography course, so I hope that >puts me up to speed with some stuff. > > >Regards, >Rachel. >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Kalamazoo, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - Photos: http://www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
