Name: Used Venus Laowa Macro Twin Flash KX-800 undefined
Brand: Venus
SKU: US1494997
Price: 129.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 2.5 (8 reviews)

Venus KX-800

Venus Laowa Macro Twin Flash KX-800

Venus

Adorama

Used

Photography

Lighting & Studio

Flashes & On-Camera Lighting

Macro Flashes & Ringlights

Venus Macro Flashes & Ringlights

Venus KX-800 

Buy: Used Venus Laowa Macro Twin Flash KX-800 undefined

World's First Macro Twin Flash equipped with Flexible arms, GN-190 (feet in ISO100), Rapid Recycle Time & Light Weight. This is also a perfect companion for Macro Photography.

Used Venus Laowa Macro Twin Flash KX-800 undefined

Very good quality. The flash power could be better but it's enough for my use.

Awesome flash!

It only worked for a couple of weeks.  Started varying intensity then just died.  I sent it back.

It stopped working

I only give it 2stars because it was a good light for macro photography but way too fragile! It broke before I could really use it and I tried to fix it which made it worse.

Too fragile to buy

So I accidentally broke one of the arms within 5 minutes of unboxing. It really is a cool concept but it is delicate to the point I have trouble imagining it ever being practical.

It's a really cool concept.

My points are the same as everyone else's with the exception that mine has broken and is now taped together with gorilla tape. I just think the way the arms articulate needs to be reworked.

Poorly designed

This is a good light for macro and extreme macro work. I’ve given it 3 stars due to a couple of observations. 1) The light is made of a lot of plastic with some parts questionable as to if they will withstand time. 2) the light does not recharge as fast as I would like. I believe this is the issue I have with it not firing every time I hit the release. 3) No diffusers provided. 4) the center light dims in and out. I’m not sure if this is by design or not but it is an annoyance when trying to focus in on something. I also believe that if using the center light while photographing that the intermittent dimming affects the image especially when stacking. All in all with the limited amount of lights out there this light is likely the next best choice to the more expensive lights out there. A few quality and technical tweaks and this thing will give all others a run for their money.

Nice light but the manufacturer seems to have taken shortcuts

Very simple to use and it just works. The ability to adjust power levels for each flash head allows for the kind of flexibility that I did not appreciate until I owned the flash. You are going to get some weird looks out in the field, so if you like attention and crave the simplicity of a manually controlled flash for macro work, this may be the unit for you.

I love this flash

The flash is just what I was looking for. I have the Canon Macro Light but you can't aim the light. It just fires forward. The Venus flash has 2 adjustable arms so you can aim it at the subject even if the lens is very close. This is helpful for some of my macro lenses that have a subject to lens distance of about 1cm.  However, the right hand flash did not work. I sent it back for a replacement and the replacement had the same problem. I will not try again until I am confident there is a change in manufacturing quality control. If it worked I would give it a 5 star rating. It was very easy to use.