Nissin MF18 Macro Flash

£259 / $439 www.kenro.co.uk Nissin flashguns offer plenty of bang for your buck, and this ring flash continues the trend. A guide number of 16 at ISO 100 is enough poke for portraiture or macro photography, and the power is adjustable in precise 1/6 EV steps using the Fine Macro mode.

Switching modes is easy with the colour LCD on the control unit, and the simple interface also makes light work of configuring the wireless TTL master and slave flash options.

Performance doesn’t disappoint either, with the dual semi-circular flash tubes providing great light softness and neutrality.

Superb specification, performance and versatility.

Occasionally under-exposes; controls are sometimes unresponsive.

A feature-packed, high-performing ring flash for a reasonable price.