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photogreen Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #1 · Tested 16 flash diffusers. What's good for wide angle? I just published the results of a frame coverage test I've been working on for a while: Best diffuser for wide shots The test includes: Demb Flash Diffuser Demb Big Flipit! Demb Mega Flip-it! SpectraLight PRESSlite Vertex Honl Bounce Card Honld Reflector Hanson Skin Glow! DiffuseiT LumiQuest Softbox LumiQuest Softbox III LumiQuest Big Bounce LumiQuest Quik Bounce LumiQuest ProMax System F16 P45A-001 Gary Fong whaleTail Studio Sep 25, 2009 at 07:36 AM

shatterkiss Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #2 · Tested 16 flash diffusers. What's good for wide angle? It might be useful if, for each configuration, you took meter readings at three locations: direct center, then maybe your -50 and -18 points. While the images are helpful to demonstrate the falloff pattern, raw numbers would really illustrate the impact it has on lighting a scene. I'd also love to see a test like this measuring the falloff over distance, rather than laterally, at a consistent power setting. I'm sure that a lot of photographers using hotshoe flash diffusers are concerned with the depth from the source that they can reasonably illuminate and how much output power it'll take to get the results they need. Sep 25, 2009 at 02:21 PM

rkgatteleport Offline Upload & Sell: On p.1 #3 · Tested 16 flash diffusers. What's good for wide angle? +1 on metering at a couple of spots. There was a youtube video of somebody doing this with that new parabolic reflector from Paul Buff - quite enlightening (no pun intended). It would also be interesting to see how Chuck Gardner's foam bowls do when stacked up against these as well... Best, rkg (Richard George) Sep 26, 2009 at 03:41 PM

400d Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #4 · Tested 16 flash diffusers. What's good for wide angle? All of your reviews are excellent, and the clear pictures are top notch! Sep 26, 2009 at 03:44 PM

photogreen Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #5 · Tested 16 flash diffusers. What's good for wide angle? 400d wrote: All of your reviews are excellent, and the clear pictures are top notch! Thank 400d! I appreciate the feedback! @ shatterkiss, rkgatteleport I agree with you. I'll try to allocate some time to do the measurements. These tests are all about the visuals. Oct 05, 2009 at 10:25 PM

reggie747 Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #6 · Tested 16 flash diffusers. What's good for wide angle? Man !!!!! You never included Chuck Gardners foam DIY option !! Never leave home without it and ALWAYS include it in a group test !! Oct 07, 2009 at 08:11 PM

Jim Kenny Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #7 · Tested 16 flash diffusers. What's good for wide angle? Another request to see Chuck's Gardners foam DIY option included in this test !!! You drove traffic to your site with a post on a subject that is very interesting and well done ... but this site is VERY aware of Chuck's option ! Oct 07, 2009 at 10:15 PM

cgardner Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #8 · Tested 16 flash diffusers. What's good for wide angle? FWIW - Here are a couple shots taken at 10mm on a 1.6 crop 20D with and without the foam diffuser for comparison which are on the page with the template: http://super.nova.org/DPR/DIY01/ along with some other more examples of typical results. Its also worth noting that I usually use the diffuser with two flashes in an key / fill configuration and getting even lighting into the four corners of a room or flat wall is near the bottom of my priority list. I'm more concerned with the lighting on the foreground and more often than not darken and soften the corners of my image to create contrast with the sharper, brighter stuff in the middle. Chuck Oct 07, 2009 at 10:49 PM

climnof Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #9 · Tested 16 flash diffusers. What's good for wide angle? Nice review. If an update is due, I would recommend you to include Strobella, a small umbrella diffuser I am very happy with. M Nov 19, 2009 at 04:21 PM

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