TOP GEAR
with Steve Aves
The ‘Ringflash’ has always been Basically when the head flashes, the Because the Ringlite is so slim, only
associated with fashion and light is captured within the circular 8cm, you should remove the
glamour photography, traditionally shape of the Ringlite and beautifully modelling lamp of any flash head
they have been an expensive luxury
diffused and projected to give a nice, before it can be attached. Working
for many photographers, preferring
slightly crisp and even output over a without a modelling lamp with this
to hire rather than buy.
wide area. kind of accessory presents no
problem at all and by taking some
But now Bowens have introduced the
To give you some facts, the diffused meter readings on the subject it’s
new Ringlite Converter with a
circle of the Ringlite is about 22cm in very easy to get started.
standard ‘S’ type accessory, it means
diameter with an inner aperture for
that photographers can now get that
the camera of just under 10cm. The I used a Bowens 500Ws unit for this
Ringflash look at a very affordable
whole thing is only 35cm high and test and after removing the modelling
price.
8cm deep. It be can be
mounted on any Bowens
“The ringlite
lamp I attached the
Ringlite. After fitting my
The Ringlite Converter is smaller than
head via the adjustable
you would expect, nicely designed
‘S’ adaptor. It also comes
coverage is
camera onto the vertical
bracket, adjusting neatly
and very well finished. Rather than
with two chunky metal
having its own circular flash tube, like
brackets to support the
extremely
inside the Ringlite
the Bowens Professional Ringflash,
camera, one horizontal
even”
aperture, I was ready to
shoot. I took some meter
the Ringlite will attach onto any
and one vertical, each readings over a black
Bowens head and uses the power of
attached via two large screws on the background to check the output and
that flash tube, a very neat idea.
rear of the unit. found it incredibly even over an area
of around 2.5 meters in diameter.
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www.bowens.co.uk
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