Olympus Flash Macro STF-8
Avis Olympus Flash Macro STF-8
Basé sur 6 avis
very good for macro photography to have camera and flash talking to each other makes flash easier.
very good for macro photography to have camera and flash talking to each other makes flash easier.
Mr M. Bright
12 juin 2022
This flash is amazing. It is the most expensive unit I have ever bought, it is the weakest, it is the most complicated. The guide number is only 8.5, which makes each head about half the power of the toy flash units supplied for free with the Pen series cameras. Mounting the units on the ring is so complicated that I have never managed it in less than 5 minutes, and now I leave the heads on the ring. And it only comes with two rings! Even cheap units come with more than that. And it doesn't even have a flash test button. That may seem unimportant with a TTL flash, but TTL is not compatible with Olympus' focus stacking. I also have a Viltrox cheap ring flash (not sold by B&H), which cost me about 20% of the price of this unit. By comparison, it works better, except for one thing: the TTL flash control. But the lighting is more even, and it's so much easier to use that I hardly use the STF-8 at all. Not to be recommended.
This flash is amazing. It is the most expensive unit I have ever bought, it is the weakest, it is the most complicated. The guide number is only 8.5, which makes each head about half the power of the toy flash units supplied for free with the Pen series cameras. Mounting the units on the ring is so complicated that I have never managed it in less than 5 minutes, and now I leave the heads on the ring. And it only comes with two rings! Even cheap units come with more than that. And it doesn't even have a flash test button. That may seem unimportant with a TTL flash, but TTL is not compatible with Olympus' focus stacking. I also have a Viltrox cheap ring flash (not sold by B&H), which cost me about 20% of the price of this unit. By comparison, it works better, except for one thing: the TTL flash control. But the lighting is more even, and it's so much easier to use that I hardly use the STF-8 at all. Not to be recommended.
Greg
5 juin 2018
It works well. The only negative is that the flash is not as powerful as I would like. It is great for insect photography or for really up close. Then the power is enough. I captured the image below by underexposing by about 2 stops. Did almost no post processing and think it came out quite well. I did try making my own difussers and using a small soft box on a handheld flash but prefer the twin flash. I would give it a 4.9 out of 5.
It works well. The only negative is that the flash is not as powerful as I would like. It is great for insect photography or for really up close. Then the power is enough. I captured the image below by underexposing by about 2 stops. Did almost no post processing and think it came out quite well. I did try making my own difussers and using a small soft box on a handheld flash but prefer the twin flash. I would give it a 4.9 out of 5.
Steve
15 octobre 2017
I took a big gulp at the price, but bought this flash because I love close up photography, and have found lighting to be challenging. I really love the many combinations of flash you can set for these 2 units, and the results are fantastic! They are a bit fiddly for bigger or arthritic hands, but once you get them set up, they are easy to use.
I took a big gulp at the price, but bought this flash because I love close up photography, and have found lighting to be challenging. I really love the many combinations of flash you can set for these 2 units, and the results are fantastic! They are a bit fiddly for bigger or arthritic hands, but once you get them set up, they are easy to use.
Diana
7 août 2017
I am so glad I purchased this as soon as it came available, and whether coupled with my 60mm macro or 50-200mm+25mm ext tube I am getting great well lit images first time out. The lighting permutations are extensive offering various ratios between the heads or manual outputs down to 1/125th. The clip on diffusers do a good job of softening the light and improving coverage at 1:1 magification. It comes in a well made case and Rings to fit the 60mm which I own plus the 12-40 & 40-150mm Pro lenses that I don't but with the purchase of an inexpensive step down ring it also fits my 50-200mm+25mm ext tube with no sign of vignetting.
I am so glad I purchased this as soon as it came available, and whether coupled with my 60mm macro or 50-200mm+25mm ext tube I am getting great well lit images first time out. The lighting permutations are extensive offering various ratios between the heads or manual outputs down to 1/125th. The clip on diffusers do a good job of softening the light and improving coverage at 1:1 magification. It comes in a well made case and Rings to fit the 60mm which I own plus the 12-40 & 40-150mm Pro lenses that I don't but with the purchase of an inexpensive step down ring it also fits my 50-200mm+25mm ext tube with no sign of vignetting.
Brian
22 mars 2017
