Seeking Macro Strobe advice, which hopefully can be used with both Tiny Format and AND Large Format AND outside and/or studio
I used the Nikon SB200 in pairs long ago for industrial film macro
I have 1 and 4 SB800, I will try them on LF macro soon
However I may prefer a Ring Strobe for Large format
Many here, some are expensive, also am looking at this monster
Tin Can
You could look at the subject through a hole in white fabric, and bring in lights close on either side, similar to jewelry work. Gives you the chance to light brighter on one side than the other for modeling.
I guess you could also do that with a ring light, if you put translucent fabric over part of the circular tube so the light had some directionality.
The ringflash is attractive but I think the 6" depth would make it hard to get the camera lens close enough. What might be more flexible would be a fiber optic bundled light source. AmScope makes one with two bendable, gooseneck bundles that you could bend around your camera and adjust with whatever lighting ratio you wished. Literally much more flexible than a fixed position ring light. These are made for the microscope market. Try Googling it.
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