Orbis – Ring of Fire
Strobist Orbis (by conorwithonen)
So a few weeks back a fairly new company on the scene (enlight photo) released the Orbis Ring Flash- a very similar idea to the Marumi DRF14 that Paul has had a little while and reviewed the other week. The design is similar in that this is more of an adapter for an existing flash rather than a powered flash in its own right. This product from enlight photos in now on sale and there is a group over on flickr where people are starting to post their results and some discussions about its use. This one is slightly different in that it is designed to be used with your flash off-camera so you are hand holding your flash and adapter or you can obviously mount it on a separate stand/tripod using either a cord or wireless option for camera connectivity. This is so that the unit is not putting any stress on either your camera or flash’s hot shoe connection.
The company are releasing an arm type product to attach to the camera and unit together in some way and this is going to be released in early 2009…..so watch this space. I’ve got to admit I’m tempted by this little unit and it hits a good price band at $169. I have some reservations though so am going to wait around for some more reviews first. If James Madelin or anyone else at enlight photo wants to send us one for review then obviously get in touch 
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I’ve included this video from enlight below to give you more of an idea how the unit works, if you want more information then I suggest you head to their website as they’ve done a pretty good job of covering all the bases in the FAQ section.
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I’ve got one of these little guys coming in for review (Well, if the guys at Enlight remember) Looks like a good unit and most definitely price wise it has a good upper hand!
We shall see, I guess.
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