Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash USA

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

With close-in macro nature photography, adequate and even lighting is required for decent depth-of-field and shutter speed. This Ring Lite is easy to attach and use with my Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. Out of the box, I was able to take my first macro test shots in minutes. The lighting provided is superior to a hot-shoe flash for the closest shots.

If I was to wish for an improvement, it would be to engineer wireless communication between the flash ring on the lens front, and the flash unit in the hot-shoe. The cable connecting the two sometimes gets in the way.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

It does what is supposed to, but there's lots of little annoyances. I should have returned it, but I missed the 30 day cut off. I don't imagine I'll be using this much and I'll probably sell it.

I use this with the 100mm f/2.8 macro.

Annoyances:
- The flash does not attach to the lens with the filter installed. It would not have taken much to make this possible, but I guess they just thought it wasn't important. I disagree.
- The controls are not very intuitive or awesome.
- The directional control isn't great. Switching from all-left-hand-side to all-right-hand-side isn't much of a change on real pictures.

Probably this is all fine if you mostly just want even illumination because you're photographing small things in a lab. But if you want more interesting photos, this flash won't give that to you.

For an E-TTL flash, the results can also be pretty bad. It took me some messing around with controls to get photos that weren't totally overexposed. The automatic features are definitely below those of the 380EX I have, which is many years old at this point.

Furthermore, it's pretty expensive and bulky for what it does. It works, but I would prefer the money I spent on it over having this flash today.

Bottom line: I should have gotten an off-camera cord for the 380EX. It would have been a much better option for me.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Needed to capture some engineering designs and this worked perfectly.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Really easy to use, the product guide contains all the information someone with few experience in the photography field could have. Wonderful for intra-oral and also for artistic dentistry pictures!

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

FIRST OFF IT'S PRICY. SECOND YOU HAVE TO BUY An ADAPTOR TO TO FIT THE LENS IT DOES'NT COME WITH PACKAGE THE INFORMATION BOOKLET IS COMPLETE EXCEPT THAT IF YOU NEVER USED A RING LIGHT ''NO DIRECT INFORMATION ON SETTINGS ''IT'S TRIAL AND ERROR HAD TO CALL CANON FOR THE CORRECT INFORMATION ON SETTINGS. NOW FOR THE GOOD POINTS I LIKE THE IDEAR THAT IF YOU SET THE CAMERA ON ''P'' EVERTHIING IS DONE FOR YOU IN ''ETTL'' MR-14EX IS VERY WELL MADE AND WORKS GREAT ON MY 5D MARK 11, AND EOS1DS MARK11 58 MM ADAPTOR RING IS NOT BAD IN PRICE AND IT FITS SNUG LIKE THE IDEAR THAT YOU CAN USE EITHER SIDE FOR DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LIGHTING ONE OTHER POINT THAT COMES TO MIND IS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE HAD A WIRE CORD THAT CAN BE DETACHED FROM THE TOWER

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Have had the mt-24-ex twin-lite for some years, but find it somewhat cumbersome and potentially fragile in the field, although it is excellent in the studio. Have only had the mt-14 for a short time, but it works well with with my 5D-III and all of my macro lenses (65mm, 100mm, and 180mm), although all three required the purchase of macro adapters to make the mr-14ex fit in front of a UV filter. No learning curve, since it operates exactly like the mt-24ex.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

This flash may be a little pricey, but if you do macro photography, it's well worth it. We first tested it with Canon's 100mm f/4 lens and it worked wonders.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

I use my ring flaash every day at work, beautiful close ups and macro photography!!!

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

There is a learning curve, but the resulting photos are very nice. It's pricey, but the resulting photos are lovely.

It's a heavy unit once you get it on your camera, I think that the adapters should be front and center, I had to call later and order the adapters separately since I didn't realize the ring lite wouldn't just fit onto my lens without an adapter.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

This Ring Lite has many uses; artistic, portraits, macro, and many more. Just use your imagination. Though I primarily use it for Macro photography. While I haven't used ring lite's often in the past, I am quite enjoying the various new things I can achieve with one.

While this Ring Lite is a great item to have in your collection, be aware that depending on the Lens you are using, you may need an adapter for the lamp itself to attach to the front of your lens.
For example, I have a 100mm Macro lens that takes a 67mm filter, to mount the light on the end of the lens I had to get an adapter (B&H# CAMLA67). The adapter Does Not restrict my view. Though I do tend to stick with primarily Canon products and accessories.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Use for intraoral pictures. Lights up pictures great. It is bulky.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

After reluctantly purchasing the ring lite flash for a specific assignment, I quickly became aware of how fantastic this item was.For many years I have used another lighting set-up simply because of the results I was achieving, however, it was at times, quite awkward. I have been using the ring lite for flowers, plants and other vegetation on a 100mm macro and I could not be happier with the quality. Easy to use and control; reduces shooting times in the field and an absolute joy to have in my kit! I will be interested to see how this unit performs in my regular shooting assignments.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Great flash for Macro! Well built.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Very simple to use. I immediately saw improvement in my macro photography. Easy on, easy off.

My only complaint with is you cannot put a lens cap on, while the adapter ring and flash are mounted.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

For macro this is a must but it has other uses too!
Just wish it fit on my bigger lenses and had a cap to protect the lens when mounted.
It's not as fast to recycle as my 580EXII's but I can live with that!

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Easy to use right out of the box

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Helps to take great intraoral photos. Able to turn off one side of the ring flash to prevent shadows when using a mirror. Was not able to use with a standard lens. Paired with the 60mm macro lens it is awesome.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Easy to use. Great intraoral pictures.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Replaced my sun pack macro light with this product. It uses less batteries and the flash is more consistent between shots. Using this product for dental photos. Provides excellent lighting for dark areas such as inside the mouth.
The only negative is at its a little heavy compared to my sun pack flash.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

My wife was reluctant to acquiesce to this purchase, but she finally gave in and she has had nothing but rave reviews since. I use it with an EOS T1i and 100mm F/2.8 macro lens. At first I was annoyed that you can't attach filters with this attached, but I quickly got over that when I saw the improvement in photos (hint, you can use filters, you just have to kind of mash them into the ring. I find they stay put and I get the best of both worlds). Colors are more uniform and and bright. The insects and arachnids I shoot have really come to life with the addition of this flash.

A word about settings. I usually set it with a 1:4 ratio and turn the compensation down to -1. Sometimes I go into the manual settings. Insects can be tricky, because they are shiny, but after about 2 days of working with this flash, I had three or four different settings I could go to and get good results. There really aren't that many settings (though for the uninitiated, it might appear intimidating at first). Now I've started experimenting with holding the flash behind and above to backlight and other things. The recycle time is super fast on 4 2300mA NiMH batteries. Wasn't sure what to expect there, given how you usually see these paired with battery packs and all that, but I've almost never noticed the refresh time.

It's a great flash for close-up and I'm extremely happy with it. I can do some night shooting, low light stuff in the woods is no problem. No matter what the sunlight, I can photograph even the tiniest leafhopper with this flash.

If I have any beef with it, it would be the inability to use filters without jamming them in (though, that works fine) and the ring light itself, which is plastic, feels delicate, to me.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

With close-in macro nature photography, adequate and even lighting is required for decent depth-of-field and shutter speed. This Ring Lite is easy to attach and use with my Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. Out of the box, I was able to take my first macro test shots in minutes. The lighting provided is superior to a hot-shoe flash for the closest shots.

If I was to wish for an improvement, it would be to engineer wireless communication between the flash ring on the lens front, and the flash unit in the hot-shoe. The cable connecting the two sometimes gets in the way.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

It does what is supposed to, but there's lots of little annoyances. I should have returned it, but I missed the 30 day cut off. I don't imagine I'll be using this much and I'll probably sell it.

I use this with the 100mm f/2.8 macro.

Annoyances:
- The flash does not attach to the lens with the filter installed. It would not have taken much to make this possible, but I guess they just thought it wasn't important. I disagree.
- The controls are not very intuitive or awesome.
- The directional control isn't great. Switching from all-left-hand-side to all-right-hand-side isn't much of a change on real pictures.

Probably this is all fine if you mostly just want even illumination because you're photographing small things in a lab. But if you want more interesting photos, this flash won't give that to you.

For an E-TTL flash, the results can also be pretty bad. It took me some messing around with controls to get photos that weren't totally overexposed. The automatic features are definitely below those of the 380EX I have, which is many years old at this point.

Furthermore, it's pretty expensive and bulky for what it does. It works, but I would prefer the money I spent on it over having this flash today.

Bottom line: I should have gotten an off-camera cord for the 380EX. It would have been a much better option for me.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Needed to capture some engineering designs and this worked perfectly.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Really easy to use, the product guide contains all the information someone with few experience in the photography field could have. Wonderful for intra-oral and also for artistic dentistry pictures!

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

FIRST OFF IT'S PRICY. SECOND YOU HAVE TO BUY An ADAPTOR TO TO FIT THE LENS IT DOES'NT COME WITH PACKAGE THE INFORMATION BOOKLET IS COMPLETE EXCEPT THAT IF YOU NEVER USED A RING LIGHT ''NO DIRECT INFORMATION ON SETTINGS ''IT'S TRIAL AND ERROR HAD TO CALL CANON FOR THE CORRECT INFORMATION ON SETTINGS. NOW FOR THE GOOD POINTS I LIKE THE IDEAR THAT IF YOU SET THE CAMERA ON ''P'' EVERTHIING IS DONE FOR YOU IN ''ETTL'' MR-14EX IS VERY WELL MADE AND WORKS GREAT ON MY 5D MARK 11, AND EOS1DS MARK11 58 MM ADAPTOR RING IS NOT BAD IN PRICE AND IT FITS SNUG LIKE THE IDEAR THAT YOU CAN USE EITHER SIDE FOR DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LIGHTING ONE OTHER POINT THAT COMES TO MIND IS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE HAD A WIRE CORD THAT CAN BE DETACHED FROM THE TOWER

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Have had the mt-24-ex twin-lite for some years, but find it somewhat cumbersome and potentially fragile in the field, although it is excellent in the studio. Have only had the mt-14 for a short time, but it works well with with my 5D-III and all of my macro lenses (65mm, 100mm, and 180mm), although all three required the purchase of macro adapters to make the mr-14ex fit in front of a UV filter. No learning curve, since it operates exactly like the mt-24ex.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

This flash may be a little pricey, but if you do macro photography, it's well worth it. We first tested it with Canon's 100mm f/4 lens and it worked wonders.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

I use my ring flaash every day at work, beautiful close ups and macro photography!!!

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

There is a learning curve, but the resulting photos are very nice. It's pricey, but the resulting photos are lovely.

It's a heavy unit once you get it on your camera, I think that the adapters should be front and center, I had to call later and order the adapters separately since I didn't realize the ring lite wouldn't just fit onto my lens without an adapter.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

This Ring Lite has many uses; artistic, portraits, macro, and many more. Just use your imagination. Though I primarily use it for Macro photography. While I haven't used ring lite's often in the past, I am quite enjoying the various new things I can achieve with one.

While this Ring Lite is a great item to have in your collection, be aware that depending on the Lens you are using, you may need an adapter for the lamp itself to attach to the front of your lens.
For example, I have a 100mm Macro lens that takes a 67mm filter, to mount the light on the end of the lens I had to get an adapter (B&H# CAMLA67). The adapter Does Not restrict my view. Though I do tend to stick with primarily Canon products and accessories.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Use for intraoral pictures. Lights up pictures great. It is bulky.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

After reluctantly purchasing the ring lite flash for a specific assignment, I quickly became aware of how fantastic this item was.For many years I have used another lighting set-up simply because of the results I was achieving, however, it was at times, quite awkward. I have been using the ring lite for flowers, plants and other vegetation on a 100mm macro and I could not be happier with the quality. Easy to use and control; reduces shooting times in the field and an absolute joy to have in my kit! I will be interested to see how this unit performs in my regular shooting assignments.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Great flash for Macro! Well built.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Very simple to use. I immediately saw improvement in my macro photography. Easy on, easy off.

My only complaint with is you cannot put a lens cap on, while the adapter ring and flash are mounted.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

For macro this is a must but it has other uses too!
Just wish it fit on my bigger lenses and had a cap to protect the lens when mounted.
It's not as fast to recycle as my 580EXII's but I can live with that!

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Easy to use right out of the box

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Helps to take great intraoral photos. Able to turn off one side of the ring flash to prevent shadows when using a mirror. Was not able to use with a standard lens. Paired with the 60mm macro lens it is awesome.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Easy to use. Great intraoral pictures.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

Replaced my sun pack macro light with this product. It uses less batteries and the flash is more consistent between shots. Using this product for dental photos. Provides excellent lighting for dark areas such as inside the mouth.
The only negative is at its a little heavy compared to my sun pack flash.

Comments about Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash:

My wife was reluctant to acquiesce to this purchase, but she finally gave in and she has had nothing but rave reviews since. I use it with an EOS T1i and 100mm F/2.8 macro lens. At first I was annoyed that you can't attach filters with this attached, but I quickly got over that when I saw the improvement in photos (hint, you can use filters, you just have to kind of mash them into the ring. I find they stay put and I get the best of both worlds). Colors are more uniform and and bright. The insects and arachnids I shoot have really come to life with the addition of this flash.

A word about settings. I usually set it with a 1:4 ratio and turn the compensation down to -1. Sometimes I go into the manual settings. Insects can be tricky, because they are shiny, but after about 2 days of working with this flash, I had three or four different settings I could go to and get good results. There really aren't that many settings (though for the uninitiated, it might appear intimidating at first). Now I've started experimenting with holding the flash behind and above to backlight and other things. The recycle time is super fast on 4 2300mA NiMH batteries. Wasn't sure what to expect there, given how you usually see these paired with battery packs and all that, but I've almost never noticed the refresh time.

It's a great flash for close-up and I'm extremely happy with it. I can do some night shooting, low light stuff in the woods is no problem. No matter what the sunlight, I can photograph even the tiniest leafhopper with this flash.

If I have any beef with it, it would be the inability to use filters without jamming them in (though, that works fine) and the ring light itself, which is plastic, feels delicate, to me.