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		<title>Orbis Ring Flash Adapter Now Available</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Bernhart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Orbis Ring Flash adapter is now available for pre-order!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-30" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 5px 5px;" title="orbis_product_shot" src="http://www.shotsbyneil.dreamhosters.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/orbis_product_shot.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="242" />I first came across this cool ring flash adapter while <a href="http://strobist.blogspot.com/2008/07/orbis-ring-flash-adapter-details.html" target="_blank">reading an old article about it</a> on strobist.com. It has been in pre-production for a while now and I&#8217;ve been anxious to see what the pricing would be. This morning I got an email from Orbis announcing that the <a href="http://www.orbisflash.com/" target="_blank">Orbis Ring Flash adapter</a> is now available for pre-order. Coming in at $169 (US), it&#8217;s not too bad considering the build quality and results in their <a href="http://www.orbisflash.com/wawcs0130751/tn-gallery.html" target="_blank">sample gallery</a> on their site.</p>
<p>One thing that keeps me from wanting to buy now it is that there is no way to mount it to your camera while shooting. They are in development on the Orbis Arm, that will allow you to fix the ring flash to yoru camera&#8230; but, that means there will be more cost.</p>
<p>There is another ring flash adapter out there, the Ray Flash, which sells for $300 (US). This attaches to your flash while the flash is on the shoe mount. Makes me wonder how much cheaper the Orbis will be once the &#8220;Arm&#8221; is figured into the price&#8230; maybe $250, or more even? The Orbis looks more promising as it has a larger surface for the light to dispurse. This would mean that the light would be softer than the Ray Flash.</p>
<p>Well, maybe if I feel ambitious enough, and can find the time (shyeah, right)&#8230; I can make a <a href="http://eyeonbirmingham.blogspot.com/2007/10/ring.html" target="_blank">DIY ring flash</a> that I&#8217;ve been eye-balling for a while now. It looks fairly simple to do, the final outcome is clean looking, and it has a bracket that mounts to the bottom of the camera body.</p>
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