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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Unscientific Diffuser/Bounce test:

LumiQuest Pocket Bouncer and Sto-fen Omni-Bounce



Direct - Left: no diffusion. Right: With Omni-Bounce



45 degree- Left: no diffusion. Right: With Omni-Bounce



90 degree- Left: no diffusion. Right: With Omni-bounce



LumiQuest - Pocket Bouncer


Camera setup: Nikon D80, Program mode, White Balance, daylight. Flash - SB600, I didn't flip the built-in diffusion of SB600 over the lens.

Looking at these pictures, I am pleasantly surprised that no diffuser, 90 degree (bounce off of ceiling) is my top pick, but I find direct and 90 degree with Omni-bounce to be very close, and pleasant.

For convenience, it's more likely for me to use the Omni-bounce. Remember, this require a little experiment for different conditions.

Another product, that I do not have, but have seen the result, is the Gary Fong's Lightsphere. I don't know why, but the way Lightsphere spread out the light makes it really nice on skin tone.
Posted by David Wong at 6:05 PM
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1 comment:

Margie said...

hi.These looks nice. pictures is also good.

Thanks.

July 27, 2010 at 2:43 AM

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