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Excellent and great addition to my macro kit bag!!
OK..here's the deal...I have read some ridiculously dumb comments and reviews by clearly ridiculous and dumb people who have no idea either what they wanted or how to utilise the ring flash once they had received it. Here are the downsides to owning this particular ringflash:Here now are the irritations: The small pamphlet manual translated from Chinese into Chinglish isn't that easy to follow IF YOU ARE A COMPLETE NUMPTY. For most of us however it is all fairly self explanatory and dare I say intuitive.The device itself offers a robust light ideal for in the field macro work, like all of these devices it will only work as effectively as the person using it...ie don't expect to get perfect TTL metering when using extension tubes or reversed lenses. For the money....around a third of the cost of a comparable 'name' brand RF you cannot go wrong.Within ten minutes of receiving the unit I was using it attached to a Nikon D800 and Sigma 105 2.8 macro and it gave me astonishing results.manual or TTL...can't be faulted.
10/05/2017
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Love having spares
My husband has multiple bodies and lens, and is worried he will lose a lens cap. Having these on each lens makes life so much easier.
06/01/2023
Very wide view.
Plugged the camera in, nothing. Did a search on my desktop for webcam and a program popped up. Opened the program and the camera came to life. Really decent picture. Man am I ugly. Clipped it to the top of the monitor. Has a little lens cover in case I forget to unplug it. Very satisfied with the purchase.
17/07/2022
Best Buy ever!
This is a game changer! My first lens that is not a kit lens and I had no idea how dramatically different this is from those! Get this lens, do not hesitate!
23/02/2022
Great Concert & Travel Camera
Professional reviewers of the Canon M6 Mark II bemoan the lack of quality native lens. Get over it. Circular file those kit zoom lens like the ones handed out in Canon’s press preview events. (I have given away one M50 camera body and kit zoom lens with another giveaway to come.)Sigma has released three quality EF-M fast prime lens. I have been using both the 16 mm f/1.4 (24 mm equivalent focal length for full sensor) and 56 mm f/1.4 (84 mm). Along with Canon’s 32 mm f/1.4 (51 mm), these are excellent lenses. The advantage of the Mark II higher resolution sensor (compared to the M50) and good prime glass can be seen in 11x17 and 13x19 prints. Hopefully, Canon will release a quality EF-M zoom lens in the near future.Why spend thousands on a prosumer crop sensor camera? Two reasons. First, you avoid the greater bulk and weight of full sensor camera body and glass. Second, the Canon M6 Mark II is an excellent camera for concert photography without a photo pass. It passes for an inexpensive compact camera. Buy a good seat within reach of the 32 mm or 56 mm lens. No EVF or zoom lens to call attention. Elevate the camera slightly to clear the heads of those in front of you. Limit shooting time and dim the LCD display to be courteous to those behind you. The wide shots and medium crops will be excellent to print and share with family and friends. Leave the commercial stuff to the pros.2/4/2020 - just returned from a 10 day vacation in US Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands. The camera and lens got a workout in all conditions, including pouring rain. The Canon 32 mm f/1.4 was the sharpest lens and produced the best photos. After many hours of Lightroom processing and review, I believe the Canon lens outperformed the Sigma 16 mm f/1.4 which excelled in indoor photos, such as the one of the St. Thomas synagogue. The Sigma 56 mm f/1.4 did a nice job as well.I chose to shoot most outdoor shots with an aperture of + or - f/5.0 and a shutter speed of 1/2000th - 1/3200th of a second. Setting my focus point a third or so into the frame, I was able to obtain pretty sharp focus foreground and background. (I am just an amateur. Please forgive my lack of mastery of technical terms.) For what is it worth, I felt the camera struggled a bit with dynamic range, especially shooting the Baths in Virgin Gorda where giant boulders blocked the sunlight and created deep shadows. I was only partially able to bring up the shadows in Lightroom. This was one of those times in the trip (there were others) that I wished I had brought along a full-frame camera, like the impressive Nikon kits lugged by 2 German visitors wadding through the Baths (don't slip).Now a downside or two to this camera. The touch shutter constantly defaults to ENABLE mode, despite constant disabling in the menu. This produces a lot of wasted shots and a focus point on the display that moves around all over the place. And, the EVF stayed in my bag nearly the entire trip. (I used flash on several occasions and had to remove the EVF each time to mount a flash or remote trigger.) It is just easier to compose the shots using the display. I turned the display brightness to maximum, and could make out the display even in the intense sun of the Baths. Seriously consider buying this camera as a body only without the EVF and mediocre kit zoom lens. I doubled down and ordered a second body.
28/01/2022
First time try-out: Easy to use, excellent results
I bought the Xenvo macro lens adapter for Christmas as a present for myself :-) and had been waiting for an opportunity to try it out. Then one night, a piece of an old metal filling came loose/broke off in my mouth. I saved the broken filling (size: about 2.5 mm long by 1.5 mm wide by 2 mm thick) putting it on the table next to my laptop. The next day, I remembered my macro lens kit (I had opened it to check it, but had not used it) and decided to give it a first try-out on my filling. I was able to easily and quickly attached (clip on) the macro (after removing the wide angle lens first), maneuver it correctly over my cell phone camera lens and take several shots (both sides of the filling). Normally, when you hold a cell phone camera lens this close to an object, it is blurry beyond fixing. The Xenvo macro lens worked nearly perfectly (it was my first time using it) - allowing me to hold the camera/lens super close (less than 2 inched, 5 cm, away form the filling) until I found the best distance. You can see from the pictures (in the product review) that i was able to capture details (like the contours of the side of the filling that was attached to the tooth, and the metallic surface on the other side) that I would not have been able to without a macro. So, although I've only used it once, the results are pretty great and I am really looking forward to using it more often once the Spring (flower) bloom comes.
10/01/2022
My favorite lens!
I purchased this lens to use on a Canon EOS5D, full frame 12.5 Megapixel digital camera. This is my favorite lens! The expressiveness of pictures taken with it is beyond description. It bring the viewer fully into the scene, almost as a virtual reality setup. I think the best next thing would be an IMAX type lens with the appropriate displays... but that is beyond the scope of us mere mortals.I use the lens for aerial photography and for taking pictures of my favorite subjects: airplanes. In Airventure 2007, at Oshkosh, WI, I didn't have this lens and I lost several very interesting pictures for the lack of it. I purchased it shortly thereafter. On a recent trip on a Cirrus SR22 with a friend, I took dramatic pictures of my pilot friend doing his preflight, and once in the cockpit, doing all his clearance and pre-flight chores. The pictures do do justice to the reality of the scene, even when you take a composition of the airplane panel with the view outside the cockpit on the same picture. Some Photoshop - Shadows and Highlights - is all that is needed to bring it all into the dynamic range of the photographic papers we use.This is my favorite lens because of its perspective, the reality view you get at the 17mm extreme. For my girlfriend, this is her favorite lens because it's the only L-lens I have that's below 1 pound!NOTE: The lens hood is almost useless. Be careful with flare of the sun hitting the lens or a filter. The circular polarizer introduces weird artifacts because of the wide angle - part of the sky will be dark, part will be bright... better not use a polarizer.The other lens I have, all L-glass from Canon:* 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS - for the best airshow pictures you can fathom! Extremely fast lens, it works with the Autofocus on the 5D in the sub-second range, letting you use it almost as a point and shoot. Your only concern is the framing, everything else is done by the camera + lens.* 24-70mm f/2.8 L - extremely fast, extremely sharp. Sharp as a tack! If you take portraits of women, you will need to use the "heal brush" in Photoshop a lot, this lens doesn't forgive any wrinkles, pimples, large pores on the skin. For night scene photography, just let the camera at ISO 800 and you can do without a flash, for indoors night photography, even in an extremely dim restaurant.* 2x Extender - OK this is not a lens but it's an accessory that makes my 70-200mm into a 140-400mm f/5.6. AWESOME! At Airventure it's used to take pictures of the planes at the extreme end of the runway getting ready for take off. Or for capturing the vapor trails on the leading edge of the F22 Raptors as they defy the laws of physics. For daytime use unless you have a tripod and the scene accepts a 1sec or more exposure.
03/09/2021
Lens cap keepers and magic cloth
First of all, I am satisfied with the ordering and shipping process. Digital Goja delivered everything intact and on time.These "lens leashes" are great for DSLR owners because you can buy a leash for every lens you own and reduce the odds of losing a lens cap.I put the band on the lens body, so the cord could get wrapped around the lens, but at least the lens cap is readily available.
22/07/2021
Fantastic Wide Angle Shots
I bought this lens to take photos of the sunrise and the wide-angle lens really gives a much bigger view of the beautiful morning sky. LOVE THIS LENS!
21/05/2021
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