Detailed Product Description

The RAY FLASH Adapter is a very affordable way to achieve typical ringflash lighting quality normally only available to studioflash equipment users!

The unique RAY FLASH Adapterwas developed by a professional photographer from the Czech Republic.It was designed to be as light and as portable as possible. There areno electronics, no flashtubes and no cumbersome cables! It uses aclever system of acrylic light channels and reflectors to distributethe light emitted from the flash unit evenly around the large diameterof the ringflash adapter. This creates the same lighting effectnormally only available from ringflash units made by studio flashequipment manufacturers, which are expensive, heavy and tethered (theyhave a cable from ringflash to power pack).

The RAY FLASH Adaptercreates a very special lighting effect: a "3-d shadow-wrapped look".Because all light originates from the front, i.e. from around the lens,it produces a virtually shadow-less look on the front of your subject,while a soft even shadow appears around the edges. It is ideally suitedfor fashion, portrait, beauty, wedding & macro photography as amain or fill-in light. 

The RAY FLASH Adapterdoes not change the colour temperature of the flash that powers it andthe additional weight can easily be accommodated by the on-camera flashunit.

The RAY FLASH Adapter is made to fit the Canon 580EX , Canon 580EXII and Nikon SB-800 , Nikon SB-900 flash units anddue to the its large inner diameter the ringflash adapter will acceptalmost all lenses from Nikon & Canon. For model range see chartbelow.

Model Range:  

RAN These models fit the Nikon SB-800 and Nikon SB-900

RAC  This model is for Canon 580EX and 580EX II

Nikon SB-800 with Nikon Body

Code		Available
RAN160	Nikon SB-800 &D1,D700,D300,D200,D100,D90,D80,D70	From Stock
RAN170	Nikon SB-800 & D3,D2Hs	From Stock

  Nikon SB-900 with Nikon Body

Code		Available
RAN179	Nikon SB-900 &D1,D700,D300,D200,D100,D90,D80,D70	From Stock
RAN189	Nikon SB-900 & D3,D2Hs	From Stock

  Canon Speedlite 580EX with Canon Body

RAC160	Canon 580EX &450D,400D,350D	From Stock
RAC170	Canon 580EX &5D MKII,5D,40D,30D,20D,10D	From Stock
RAC175	Canon 580EX &1D,1Ds,1V	From Stock

Canon Speedlite 580EX II with Canon Body

RAC160-2	Canon 580EX II &450D,400D,350D	From Stock
RAC170-2	Canon 580EX II &5D MKII,5D,40D,30D,20D,10D	From Stock
RAC175-2	Canon 580EX II &1D,1Ds,1V	From Stock

Exposure control: when using Canon or Nikon cameras (or their derivatives) all TTLfunctions are operational as usual, as well as manual mode. In MANUALcontrol of the exposure is by use of a light meter or throughtest-shots on a digital camera.

Light output:  The Ringflash Adapter isvery efficient and the loss of light is  surprisingly low! There is adifference in light efficiency between the SIRC and the RAN/RAC models,the latter being more efficient.