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Field Review: ExpoImaging Ray Flash (Day 2)

Chris Gampat
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12/26/2010
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Last Updated on 08/30/2011 by Sander-Martijn

We gave our initial thoughts on the ExpoImaging Ray Flash in Day 1, so what is it actually like in use? I asked former Premium Compact Specialist Will Greenwald to be my model one night for this strobist test. The following photos are the results of that night of shooting. All photos were not post-processed in order to show the most true-to-use results.

Gear Used

Canon 7D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM

Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash

ExpoImaging Ray Flash

Images and Analysis

Will has loads of weird, geeky, and awesome toys at his place and his walls are decorated like a Nintendo lover’s dream. The Ray Flash was used with the flash on-camera for most of the time. Though there were instances were I took it off an tried to use it as a softbox.

This was a quick test to see if we could get his lightsaber to actually appear red in the photo. We failed, i.e, I failed. It’s a red saber.

The Ray Flash stays on very securely to the 580 EX II, which is always very important. I don’t believe this one will ever fall off. The Orbis had fallen off at least once during my review.

The Ray Flash can definately give you some really cool results in your photos when used and fired directly at the subject. Granted, you will need to tinker with the power output levels.

No matter, it’s still a pretty darn powerful flash modifier. And it’s a pleasure to use and carry.

When using it as a softbox and off-camera, I felt that it closely mimicked the look of a snoot. Snoots tend to give off a spotlight look, and that’s exactly what this one did.

More tests to come! Let us know what you want us to test this on in the comments below.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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