Macro flash

[@andrewross3293]

Great video John. Saved me a lot of money and carry around weight.Thank you for all your great efforts. Very clear review without silly music in the background.

[@richardfulcher9314]

Excellent video John and very informative. Just what I was looking for!

[@robingrant8082]

I found this vlog extremely useful John, thank you.

[@jlcst60]

Thank you John I came across you whilst looking for Laowa Venus Optics KX800 Flexible Macro Twin Flash Kit reviews now this video has given me pause for thought I think that I will buy the cheap alternative and play around with that for a little while you just may well have saved me a lot of money :-) I have subscribed ....Looking forward to more helpful macro photography hints and tip much obliged

[@davidc8039]

What a fascinating video, John! And you'll have saved me a LOT of money :-))

[@robingrant8082]

I couldn't agree more David. I was planning on buying a ring or twin flash set-up for my D7200, but now I will try a second hand Nikon flash, (SB600) and cheap diffuser.

[@jerryhutchinson2543]

Great vid John. Thanks. As is most often the case I will heed your recommendation. Love the partial view of the Landy! Hope to be in it again soon.

[@tonymoney9650]

Very interesting, thank you John.

[@BrettDeriso]

I wish I had seen this years ago before I dumped a ton of cash into the Nikon CLS ring rig, LOL. It was a lot of fun to tinker with, but I wasn't huge into Macro back then and I offloaded it on eBay. I think you're dead right about the inflatables --where I've always thought them to be too gimmicky and small for ad-hoc portrait work, there's no arguing with the relative size on macro subjects.

[@malhotraraul]

Nice tutorial, did you use single point fixed focus ??

[@lescar2582]

Thank you! I'm just getting into macro from sports photography ;)

[@akbunny5221]

Excellent John, thank you so much.....!"

[@Muslim-ik]

Hi nice video im new to micro photography and im intrested in the flash can you please give me the link where i can get one im in the uk as well Regards

[@johngravett9194]

I used any flash, with a cheap diffuser from Ebay, cost about £3

[@jezzadenton8854]

Very good John. However, how on earth do you manage to get an aperture setting of f51?!

[@johngravett9194]

As you focus a lens closer, the actual effective aperture reduces due to lens breathing. On the Nikkor 105mm at infinity, the apertures go from f2.8 to f32, at 1:1 it becomes f5 to f57, though that isn't shown on the aperture ring - only in the viewfinder readout.

[@madwill7093]

Super video John and I have been trying it out today. However I am really struggling to get enough light on the subject. Using my Canon 6D/105mm macro and a Canon dedicated Speedlight with a large strap on reflector (similar to yours). However, even with ISO at 400 and an aperture of f16 it is only just about acceptable (see blip today)..how do you get so much light at f29?

[@johngravett9194]

I set the flash to +0.7 stops, you could try that - and your photo of the hoverfly looks pretty good apart from the dark background., caused by the background being slightly too far from the subject. You could set exposure compensation on the flash to give a brighter result - most work up to + 2 stops. Hope this helps.