New toy arrived.

I ordered a ring light off ebay and it arrived today

Let us know how it goes Scott.

I was looking at one of those on Ebay last week, I imagined it worked as a flash. Looks like yours stays lit up.

Ironwood said:

Let us know how it goes Scott.

I was looking at one of those on Ebay last week, I imagined it worked as a flash. Looks like yours stays lit up.

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Yeah this one stays lit up all the time, I went and tried some shots handheld but it was too late in the day, I will try again tomorrow. It uses 2 x AA batteries and I think it will chew through them. But it has a DC option which might be ok. I need to try out my idea on the green tree ants here, and see if they can spell

muzza22au said:

I ordered a ring light off ebay and it arrived today

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Congrats Scott.. looks good on the camera, does it attach via lens threads??? We have a ringlight on a fixed camera at work that works good (only for close ups on "parts"

Look forward to seeing some of your work with it.

Pat in NH

RockyNH said:

Congrats Scott.. looks good on the camera, does it attach via lens threads??? We have a ringlight on a fixed camera at work that works good (only for close ups on "parts"

Look forward to seeing some of your work with it.

Pat in NH

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Hi Pat yeah it attaches via numerous lens threads that were supplied, hopefully I will test it out tomorrow.

muzza22au said:

Hi Pat yeah it attaches via numerous lens threads that were supplied, hopefully I will test it out tomorrow.

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Nice, will be looking forward to seeing the test photo's, good luck with them...

Pat in NH

Ironwood said:

Let us know how it goes Scott.

I was looking at one of those on Ebay last week, I imagined it worked as a flash. Looks like yours stays lit up.

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I think they could well be Ring Flash v Ring Light. I'm sure the Ring Flashes are more expensive, but they dont help you with lighting up macro shots for easy manual focus in poor light.