Comments on: Review: Ray Flash (Turns Your Hot Shoe Flash Into a “Ring Flash”)

By: Jonathan D

Jonathan D — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:18:44 +0000

Price now RRP - $199!

By: Bill V

Bill V — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:32:31 +0000

Scott,
Thanks for the review, I went out and bought a Ray-Flash, tested it and it works great, it completely eliminated hot spots produced by the SB800. A note, the Ray-Flash tilts downward when attached, adn I read somewhere that Ray-Flash had produced plastic shims to get rid of the problem. I wrote to Ray-Flash since my unit did not come with shims and their reply was they do not make any shims. They seemed to indicate that a third party made the shims, do you have any idea who that might be, otherwise I am going to have to fabricate a shim/wedge myself? Thanks for all your books too.

By: michael

michael — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:36:44 +0000

i’d get one, but do any of the current models fit a sigma ef-500 dg super flash unit? really appreciate if anyone knows

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:01:06 +0000

play flash…

This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to, or referring…

By: Sam B.

Sam B. — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:42:58 +0000

Is the Ray Flash, the only alternative for lightweight “ring flash” ?
If so, will the Ray Flash work on a 430 EX flash?

By: Richard H. Serlin

Richard H. Serlin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:28:57 +0000

It’s hard to go wrong with a model that pretty.

By: jodaboda

jodaboda — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:11:29 +0000

Canon’s ring flash is really only good close up, and the alien bees one is AC, so studio-only. You could take your rayflash to a wedding.

I think they’d sell 10 times as many at $100, but I guess they have their reasons.

I might buy one. Worst-case, you could sell it on ebay for $270.

By: alanvalek.com

alanvalek.com — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:23:53 +0000

FYI to everyone:

If you want to buy this and you’re a NAPP memberâ€”you can get free shipping from B&H, they carry it. No sales tax too depending on where you live.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=0&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=jsp%2Fproduct.jsp&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t&shs=rayflash&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=jsp%2Fproduct.jsp&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=submit

If you’re not a NAPP member, you should be. If you go to this blog a lot you probably buy camera gear from B&H. NAPP members get free 3 day shipping, so it can pay for itself very quickly.

http://www.photoshopuser.com/

By: M Campbell

M Campbell — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:56:54 +0000

Considering Canon’s ring flash is only $470, I think it does a lot more. I use the MR-14EX at my dental office for dental close-ups as well as full face portraits.

By: MikLav

MikLav — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:27:21 +0000

I believe this product originated from Czech rather than from UK - http://www.ringflash.cz

There was a review already a while go posted on http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/Ringflash.shtml, and the price mentioned in the review is significantly lower than $299

Fore me personally, three hundred bucks for a piece of plastic sounds way too much.

By: E. Collins

E. Collins — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:06:29 +0000

As I believe someone else has mentioned; the AlienBees ABR800 RingFlash is 399… which in comparison for the extra 100 would be a far greater investment than just an adapter that creates a “similar” flash as this would. Their price point is interesting when this comparison is made. But, I guess that is nice to know that there are other options out there for some.

By: Maverick Woo

Maverick Woo — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:36:50 +0000

Ira, the catch is somewhat less than desirable with this design if what you want is a ring… It’s more like a donut with a bite taken, or a “C”. You can search for “rayflash” on flickr to see it. It’s a necessary evil with this design since otherwise the flash will be too hot at the top portion (closer to the light source).