It's not designed specifically for Sony cameras. It is simply an LED lamp which will fit onto any camera (thread permitting), even directly onto my old Fuji S602. The hot-shoe mounted enclosure is simply a battery box. It's useful for extreme close up macro work where you can select left/ right hand / both led segments, and low/ high power. It adds highlights to the subject but the chances are that most people can live without it. Lue Lisää Translate to suomi
Sony HVLRLAM Ring Light for Sony Alpha Digital SLR is most importantly NOT a Flash unit. It will provide light for close-ups but is not really suitable for anything approaching professional use in macro photography. Its main limitation is the limited brightness of the LED lights. The unit will not permit the use of very small F-Stops that are often desired in macro photography. For hand held purposes about f5.6 is about all that you will be able to use. Lue Lisää Translate to suomi
I use the ring light quite a bit for technical shots as well as for pleasure shooting in the garden and woods. I must say up front that I was less than thrilled with the mounting arrangement. I have modified mine by joining the power unit and the mounting adapter into a single unit, which lowers it a fair amount and cures the wiggle. Otherwise, I now prefer it to a similar ring flash type unit. Honestly I feel it is priced a bit on the high side. Lue Lisää Translate to suomi
The Sony macro ringlight is a useful addition to certain sized macro lenses. However, with the included adapters, it is limited to 49 and 55 mm diameter lenses. Works OK with Minolta 100/2.8 macro, but not with the superb Tamron 180 macro. The light output is switchable between two levels of intensity. However, for some shots, even the higher of the two settings was not enough. Note: the HVL-RLAM is not a flash!!! The output is constant. Lue Lisää Translate to suomi
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