Bowens on- board ringlight convereter – Review

Bowens Ringlite Converter Review – Matt Grayson takes a look at the Bowens Ringlite converter. A studio flash accessory for adapting your Bowens S-Mount head into a macro ring flash.

The need for separate ringflash units is not necessarily the case. In a flash, Bowens have thrown a new contender into the ring. No pun intended.

Bowens Ringlite converter Specification

Diameter – 21.6cm/8.5in

Centre Aperture – 9.5cm/3.75in

Angle – 55°

Height – 35cm / 13.75in

Width – 11.5cm / 8.75in

Depth – 11.5cm / 4.5in (inc S-Type adaptor, not including camera bracket)

Weight – 1.45kg (including camera bracket)

Bowens Ringlite converter Features

Whilst most ring light flash heads are usually units that take power from the camera or separate battery packs, the Bowens Ringlite is similar to the adapter ringflash units that transform a regular bounce flash head using mirrors.

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State of the Ringflash market Ver 02: Hensel, Profoto, Elinchrom, Bowens, Broncolor, Alienbees, Orbis, Rayflash, Gopro, CoCo, Horusbennu

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This version added 3 cheap Ringflash  adapter

• GoPro O Flash TTL Ring Light
• COCO Ringflash Adapter
• Horusbennu Portable Ringflash  Adapter

• Orbis Ringflash Adapter :         $199.90
• Rayflash    Ringflash adapter $199.95
• GoPro O Flash TTL Ring Light                          $79.99
• COCO Ringflash Adapter $49.95
• Horusbennu Portable Ringflash  Adapter $40.75

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