Sony Ring Light For Sony Digital Still Cameras

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 1 x 1 inches ; 4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000HDIYEE
• Item model number: HVL-RLS
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

Designed for use in extreme close-up photography, the HVL-RLS ring light attaches to your compatible Cyber-shot digital camera and uses bright white LED lighting providing absolutely true color reproduction. This is ideal when taking macro pictures of flowers, insects and other detailed close ups.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sony HVL-RLS Macro Ring Light, October 31, 2007

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Daniel Ziemba "Daniel Ziemba" (Livonia, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony Ring Light For Sony Digital Still Cameras (Electronics)

The light works great on non reflective surfaces. However there are two issues. First, if the surface is reflective, the circular array of white LEDs show up. I guess the same thing would happen with anything that is very reflective, like a chrome bumper. If you take a close up of, for instance, someone's iris, you'll end up with some "special effects" you didn't expect. But, it does look interesting, especially if you center the reflected array of lamps about the pupil. Second, the mechanical setup is cumbersome. I found some modifications were required make the setup easier. Using a Sharpie to mark the height adjustment stem and the attachment slide helps make the second time setup a snap. There is a problem with the gray rubber slide that is held in place with the attachment screw. The screw tightens against soft rubber! This looks like an engineering error. To correct the problem I cut away the rubber between the attachment screw and slide and replaced the removed material with a custom fitted metal washer to take up the same space. After making this modification the light does not flop around when moving the camera. Overall - I'm very happy with this ring light.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Does the job..., December 24, 2007

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D. Song - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony Ring Light For Sony Digital Still Cameras (Electronics)

This product is adequate for what it is (A bunch of LED's attached to tripod mount for your point and shoot) and one of the few alternatives for lighting up macros with a point and shoot. It fits the Canon SD800 that I have, but needs a lot of finessing for the lens to fit in the hole inside the LED's. It is ring light not a flash with a low/high setting and you may need to white balance the image first because the lighting is harsh. The macro pictures that I've taken are pretty reasonable. It is a good alternative for taking infrequent macro shots without having to resort to buying a DSLR and macro accessories. I would buy it again.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enhance your point and shoot camera, July 28, 2007

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Cherie White - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony Ring Light For Sony Digital Still Cameras (Electronics)

Really nice for macro photography, though I have noticed you need to change the white balance to accomodate the color shift. The soft case takes some of the worry out of transporting it in your bag.