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The Omnibounce's an overrrated product, and only works when there are reflective walls around you to scatter/diffuse the light. It does not work (i.e. diffuse light) just by itself. You can try tilting the flash head to whatever angle (I've seen all combinations), but there will be minimal diffusion, since the bounce panel is physically so near the flash itself.
If you're shooting weddings, I would recommend Gary Fong's Lightsphere II. Clunky and bulky yes, but I have had good success using it, and it diffuses the flash light beautifully.
meejahor wrote:
Bob,
I work wide anyway so yes.
But what do you think the omnibounce does? Even with the flash set to 105mm or whatever the maximum is on the 550EX, as soon as the light bursts into the omnibounce it gets thrown out at crazy angles.
Try a shot with the omnibounce and the flash set to 105mm, then try using the built-in diffuser. See which gives wider flash coverage.
The omnibounce has its uses, but I now feel that for my shots (general news stuff) it wastes power with no improvement to image quality over the built-in diffuser.
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