Ring Flash for $25? Yes, and its great for filling in backlit Pet Photos (pic inside)

[Edward Bussa]

Strobist commented on it here http://strobist.blogspot.com/2011/05...ing-flash.html

Its an assemble-it-yourself vinyl box thing that works!

Here is a backlit shot made while playing....


Spot Meter, TTL, Flash Comp. -1.7 EV:

[Asher Kelman]

That DIY video is a blast! I love the silent film era piano music and the speeded up movement in assembling the ring flash. It's wonderful!

So funny too!

Thanks for the great link!

Asher

[Edward Bussa]

You are talking about this DIY video here, right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_7gv...layer_embedded

That is the process but somehow after I was done the DIY text printed on the unit had turned into YID... is that Jewish?

[Asher Kelman]

Originally Posted by Edward Bussa

You are talking about this DIY video here, right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_7gv...layer_embedded

That is the process but somehow after I was done the DIY text printed on the unit had turned into YID... is that Jewish?

That's a crack up!

Amongst Jews, especially those educated in the Yiddish language, (the oldest extant German dialect with absorbed hebraic words too), "Yid" is a term of the greatest warmth, respect and dignity, something to aspire to. To be a Yid is to be a Jew with the highest principles and accept responsibility and accountability before man and God. Sadly, in colloquial European languages, it's used in a pejorative mocking epithet and uttered in a demeaning fashion towards Jews, especially by skin-heads and the like.

Asher

[Edward Bussa]

No kidding! You picked up on my thought that it reminded me of the word Yiddish, but I had no idea it has its own meaning and slang history. I just assembled my unit wrong! It works though.