It works on the super close-up! It has the good versatility,
so you can choice all kind machines for camera and housing!


New Ring Flash is scheduled to go on sale in December.
Information: Athena is developing the pioneering New Ring Flash.
 We schedule to release the New Ring Flash in December.
 We apologize for causing you inconvenience.
Please wait it for a while.

Product name ARF10 ring flash end of sale
product number ARF-10/type2 open price
adapted camera film, digital
adapted camera housing port all kinds of M67 screw type mount
"the port without M67 screw can attach with M67 lenses adapter sold separately "
content of set ring flash & control units
synchro code sold separately
1, optical slave code price JPY 5,000
2, synchro code EN "Nikonos type" price JPY 10,000
3, synchro code EO "OLYMPUS type"

price JPY 13,000
4, synchro converter for additional light
price JPY 18,000

guide number 8 "IS100, 1m" "subjoinder based on the amount of light"

"The ring flash doesn't work on under the shoot in 1m It works on under shoot in 50cm
Please look at the following date of distance and aperture for reference.
They are the guide number at full emission."

50cm;16、40cm;16,8、30cm;22、20cm;32、10cm;32,6
usable battery; size AA battery 2 "nickel hydride battery"
dimmer system; manual "single dial step form"
function; It has pre mission cancel supersensitive slave built-in.
cynchro; the response with connection optical slave code or synchro code
color temperature; 5,500 K illuminating angle 80 angle at the circumference
pressure capacity 45m
size; the diameter of head part 123*D25, unit part 70*70*105
weight; 550g 50g in water

It is an adapter that connects ARF ring flash to every maker's port for SLR.
M67 lens adapter 94
B/M67AD-94
adaputed port
S&S compact macro port
price JPY 16,000
M67 lens adapter 92
B/M67AD-92
adaputed port
Zilion OPF-84
price JPY 16,000
M67 lens adapter 88
B/M67AD-88
adaputed port
INON MRS100 type U
price JPY 19,000
M67 lens adapter 86
B/M67AD-86
adaputed port
INON standard MF U
price JPY 19,000
rear adapter M71
B/M67AD-M71
adaputed port
INON MRS100 type S
price JPY 19,000
You can use M67 ring adaputer to "every maker's M67 screw type close-up lens" as well as ring flash.

Photo by Toshimasa Isikawa
The Athena's suggestion.
The Athena popularizes the merit of ring flash in water.
The multi balance lighting with macro shoot!

ring flash ARF-10 only
zoom strobe AT-40X only "1 light"
zoom strobe AT-40X only "2 light"
Multi-valance lighting convination of ring flash ARF-10 and zoom strobe AT-40X.
ring flash ARF-10 + zoom strobe AT-40X
Here we use the fish model and white back panel to understand the repeatability of color, the condition of around of the light and appearance of shade easily.
You would see the appearance of stereoscopic effect hardly, but we think that they will help you
to have the information for making a decision of multi lighting with lighting from front and side.
The distance of working is 20cm.


TTL distributor N52
product number TTL/DS-W-N52
open price
Main i-TTL, sub-manual
adapted camera housing
Nikon type SLR camera housing "The machine lording Nikonos socket 5 core pins. "
*In the case you use Nikonos socket 5 core pins to Canon one, when you adjust the wiring of connecter on camera side ,E-TTL works.

TTL distributor G62
product number TTL/DS-W-G62
open price
Main E-TTLU, sub-manual
adapted camera housing
Canon type SLR camera housing "The machine loading S&S GN socket 6 core pins. "
S&S DX300D, 10D, 30/60, GN is like it
We recommend it for the machine loading socket 6 core pins.
*Main socket is a GN6 core pin and sub socket is a Nikonos 2 core pin.

hot shoe plate 35
product number B/HT-PL3501
open price
We recommend it for the machine with bevel accessory shoe part on housing body.
Adding hot she plate 35 keeps back the bulge on housing mount front side and prevents
it to make contact with dome port and port ring arm.
We recommend it for the machine like S&S DX SLR housing and Nautilus.


It is the TTL distributor, TTL converter, multi fiber bracket that can
make multiple lighting on OLYMPUS's PT-E03 housing.

TTL distributorE03
product number TTL/DS-PTE03
price JPY 40,000
You can use 2 lighting TTL with OLYMPUS original strobe."FL-36 & FL-20"
main & sub 2 lighting TTL
adapted camera housing
OLYMPUS PT-E01,E02,E03 "The machine loading OLYMPUS socket"
*It is 2 lighting style for PT-E01、E02.

TTL converter
product number TTL/CON−PTE03
price JPY 50,000
You can use S&S,INON strobe.
main & sub 2 lighting TTL
adapted camera housing
OLYMPUS PT-E01,E02,E03 "The machine loading OLYMPUS socket"
*It is 2 lighting style for PT-E01、E02.

multi fiber bracket
product number B/MFB−PTE03
open price
adapted camera housing
OLYMPUS PT-E03
It is the all-around and high-class system bracket.
So you can attach the optical cable "not yet determined" of OLYMPUS's flash UFL-1 in water only,
all kinds of optical slave code such as INON S&S Athna ring flash.
You can load the target light, TTL distributor TTL synchro converter above accessory shoe.
adapted optical machine "mounting location"
*S&S L type fiber cable "right and left in bottom"
*INON optical D cable cap set "center in upper "
*Athena ring flash optical cable code "center in up and down"


 The ecology photo to art work
Strobo illuminates dark visibility in the waters and makes vanished calor vividly.
Malti lights lighting is better for in water absorbing hard. It makes liven up a color
of center and around of object and wide range. We show the technique which use ring strobo
with losable flont side light in macro shoot as asistant light.
With even diffraction of light, it don't leave artficial shade on object.
And you put a strobo aside not to damage three-dimentional on screen.
And then you light the light from around of top,you can get more natural depth feel.
You make the photo deep and rich.
The poto technique in studio is done all kinds of things like this liting.
Please try to use it. Art starts representation of light and shade.
 

3 lights use "ring light ,side light and top light"
"The round catch light, typical ring light in goby's eyes."

3 lights use "ring light ,side light and top light"
"The technique under sun light with considering exposure of background"


Photo by hajime takano

1 light use "only photo in front of ring light"
"The shoot of crab hiding in crack of the coral is the supecialty of ring."

1 light use "only photo in front of ring light"
With the light in front of ring light you can see the see-through shrimp.

2 light use "ring light and side light"
You can see the resolution of MONNHANA's eye standing out.

 Understanding the merit and demerit of ring flash is the secret to master ring flash.
Advantage of ring flash
1,ring emission tube makes light evenly.
Making round catch light into fish eyes produces a lovely bright.
2,The frontal exposure is the feature of ring flash.
And it's good for closeup mainly.
At closeup shoot you can make the diffraction of light which can't get at
side exposure.
Disdvantage of ring flash
1,When you shoot object with long distance, for short distance of
lens and exposure, flowting suspended solids in the water create halation.
"When particularly you shoot the object with distance equal and more than 50cm,
as the clearness of water the halation of flowting suspended solids is big and
it causes a phenomenon like snow falling.
Concidering it, ring flash is very good for closeup.
If shooting distance less than 50cm, lose of light is few and has sufficient power."