MACRO RING LITE MR-24EX DOESN'T FIT

[elizabeth_taylor1]

I have a Canon 5D and recently purchased a macro ring lite MR-24EX but it

doesn't fit my Sigma 180mm 1:35 APO macro DG HSM. Is there an adaptor ring I

could purchase? I am new to photography so any help would be appreciated. Elizabeth

[jo7hs2]

The Canon 72C Macrolite Adapter should work. If the filter size matches, it supposedly works with any lens. Your lens is a 72mm filter size, and so is the adapter. See:

 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/112547-REG/Canon_2829A002_72C_Macrolite_Adapter.html

 

-or-

 

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Macrolite-Adapter-72C-ML-3/dp/B00009R6VI

[derek_hammond1]

If memory serves me right you will find a Cokin K series fiter adaptor ring will do the trick - it just screws onto the filter thread and then the mr24 will clip on to it

[lester_wareham]

As notes for non-Canon macro lenses you need one of the three microlight adaptors.

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It is also worth noting that neither macro flash will mount even a Canon macro lens if a filter is fitted, using an adaptor is an easy way around this.

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Also for info to others, the threads on the MT-24EX are not intended for mounting filters (although I believe you can) it is in fact intended to mount a small macrophoto lens hood when using the MP-E 65mm to shade the front element from the flash head. As per the below shot:

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[ulrich_ploedereder]

Hello Lester,

 

is this macro lens hood a Canon product? Who builds this kind of stuff?

 

Thank you in advance!

 

Uli

[robin_sibson1]

You can mount a filter as well as a macro flash directly on the Canon macro lenses that take 52mm filters (50/2.5 and 60/2.8). As Lester says, to do this on the 100/2.8USM or MP-E 65 requires a Macrolite Adapter 58.

[alan_myers]

I use a Stroboframe/Lepp macro flash bracket with my MT24-EX.

 

The two arms hold the flashes and give a lot more positioning flexibility, totally eliminate any issues using the Twinlite with 100 and 180 macros, or any other lens I choose, or any combination of lens hoods and filters.

[mark_chappell]

As Joshua says, you need to purchase the appropriate macrolite adapter. In screws into the

lens' filter threads. I use one with a Tamron 180 macro.

[elizabeth_taylor1]

Thank you all for your help. I have ordered the 72C Macrolite adapter so hopefully this will work. I would like to purchase the Stroboframe/Lepp macro flash bracket as used by Alan but nothing comes up in searching our New Zealand site. Is this only available overseas? thanks, Elizabeth