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With film photography, it was many years before I could afford a system ring flash. I now have several. I rarely use them.
For small objects, where you get very close, such that the ring almost surrounds the subject, the light coming largely from the sides, you can get a very pleasing effect, much like some of the superbly-diffused lighting some members post of insects at moderate magnifications. In outdoor situations, uneven substrates can snag the ring because you are working so close.
At lower magnifications, especially with very shiny subjects, you get the ring-shaped, or, worse, distorted ring-shaped, reflections in your images.
If you think the price is unusually good, add it to your tool kit. For most macro, conventional flash guns, preferably off-camera, are more useful.
Harold
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