BrianO wrote:
Good heavens, where have I been? This is new to me.
It looks good; glad I held off on getting an Orbis or Ray Flash. yeah, man! i posted my review back in February, and they had 2 new versions released since then. the new magnetic one is AWESOME!
I wonder how effective this ring flash would be for any macro work, whereas the traditional ring light would be tighter to the lens and subject? Regardless, seems pretty cool for any portrait work.
Has anyone one of these with a D4/D800 and SB-900? It appears that it may not work, as the lens axis to top of the flash on my D800 is about 8.5", while the literature on the website shows a max of 8.3".
On November 01, 2012 BrianO wrote:
...My birthday is coming up in three weeks: I think I know what I'm going to give myself.
I tried to buy one, but the site kept saying "Unable to process card. Please try a different card."
I think it's because it goes through PayPal, and several years ago PayPal said they were locking my account because of an expired card, and the customer service rep couldn't understand that I had a new card with the same account number. Or something like that. I can't recall the exact details except that I've refused to use PayPal-only order systems since then, but that appears to be the only option with this company.
BrianO wrote: I tried to buy one, but the site kept saying "Unable to process card. Please try a different card."
I think it's because it goes through PayPal, and several years ago PayPal said they were locking my account because of an expired card, and the customer service rep couldn't understand that I had a new card with the same account number. Or something like that. I can't recall the exact details except that I've refused to use PayPal-only order systems since then, but that appears to be the only option with this company.
I guess it's back to Orbis.
But you can always use a different email address and CC#. This is for those who do not have, nor want a PayPal account.
I've been using the tracking information I received after ordering the ringflash. It arrived in Warsaw, and Google Translate renders the info message as "sending a shipment of Polish." I may need to go to the grocery store, if there's a lot of them.
yeah, man! 
I tried to buy one, but the site kept saying "Unable to process card. Please try a different card."