On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, mike wilson wrote: > Hi, > > Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > > > The manual for this ring-flash says that it's suitable for just a few > > lenses (50/100 Macro etc). Why is that? Has anybody used it with > > other, reasonably close-focusing or inverted lenses? I have the > > FA50/1.7 and the 75-150/4 (inv) in mind, or the F28-80/3.5-4.5. > > Probably because of the filter ring size, which is where the flash head > attaches. Hold out for the AF160, a much better option. (Damn, more > competition....)
The FA50 is 49mm and the inverted lenses, well, they are bayonet :-) As for the hold out bit, I knew the 160 existed, I just don't think it was for my kind of money :-) Thanks anyway. Kostas p.s.: Any ideas about/comparisons of the above with the Vivitar AF6000?
