Hi, I have a Canon EOS m10 and need to try to adapt it to an SLR spec with a macro 100mm lens (which I think it will support) but I can’t see how it’s compatible with a ring flash? Any advice? Thanks
Looking at pictures of the camera it doesn't appear to have any means of attaching an external flash which is essential if you want to use it with ring-flash.
Without a hot shoe the only method is a real faff, you'd need an optical slave of some sort and a trigger so that the slave detects the flash on your camera (make sure yours doesn't emit a red-eye pre-flash) which causes the trigger to fire your ring flash. As I say, a real pain. As you mention macro, if you're not trying to to do real world insect photography have you considered a cheap light tent to give the illumination you want?
I think the M10 is what is called a Compact. As Fitzer states, a bit of a faff. You’d be better off with a proper SLR. The M10 was replaced with the M100. So a bit old.
It will take replacement lenses, so a bit up on a compact but nowhere near as flexible as an SLR/DSLR or morrorless such as Panasonic GH series. At the very least it needs a flash synchro socket to be able to use an external flash without major faffing about.
I use my 100mm full scale on my 50D with the 430EX w/o an issue. I'll try to uncover some photographs when I return home to show you the outcomes. I am sure that ring glimmer would work better yet like you I can't bear the cost of one and I don't take that numerous large-scale photographs to legitimize the buy.