Macro Photography: Ring Light vs. Ring Flash; LED vs. Fluorescent

[frankie_frank1]

<h1>Sorry, my previouse has typo (typed RIGHT while it should be RING)</h1>

<p>Some aftermarket products use Ring Light instead of Ring Flash. Which one is better?<br>

Some aftermarket products use LEDs, some use fluorescent. Which one is better?</p>

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[Hector Javkin]

<p>Ring flash will stop movement. A continuous ring light will not. Even when LED's are flashed, they typically have far less power than a good ring flash. Power, lots of it, is your friend for close-ups, because it allows closing down the aperture for the best possible depth of field. I don't know about fluorescent ring lights, but I would check its color quality very carefully before buying it.</p>

[dale_maribao]

<p>"Ring flash will stop movement. A continuous ring light will not." I thought what stops movement is the speed of the shutter not anything else.</p>

[blueviews]

<p>Depends on how you are set up. Look at the bullets shooting through the apple. That was shot on B with NO background light. If you have no background light then the strobe duration is what stops motion.</p>

<p>Bill</p>