Why not just bounce the light? Why can't you just bounce the flash off the ceiling? How is using this product superior to that?
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Brown wood ceiling, 30 foot ceiling in a hotel meeting room. This is not a one size fits all solution. It is a reasonable choice for some problems.
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The diffuser tosses light up AND directly at the subject. Bouncing the flash may not be practical if a location has high ceilings, dark or combination ceilings or any obstructions that hinder bounce flash.
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Bouncing off of the ceiling can also make your subject's eyes and/or chin dark. You need some light to go forward along with up. A simple bounce card can be used.
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The reason I own one is that bouncing off of the ceiling causes shadows on people's faces. With the diffuser it directs enough light forward to solve this issue.
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Use ours for the same reason. Have never seen the flash go off and ours is near our front door! Doesn't miss a thing. The camera needs very little light to focus..excellent.
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The biggest thing for a flash is being able to bounce the light. The 430 can do this, the 270 can't. The 430 is the lowest external flash you should go...don't go lower or you will soon find yourself regretting it.
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hi brandon, I am more of a walk around photographer, and find a soft box or studio lights not practical for what I take pictures of. (children on the go mostly). The dome and the snap on diffuser are very similar to me. The dome is a bit more bulky, and both throw almost too much light around the room for me to use most of the time. I feel like they create shadows in small rooms, but when I need to see someone's eyes or they are back lit outside and I want to brighten their face or add a catch light. They fit the bill. better then no flash , or direct flash. Inside they almost are too direct that they still flatten my images. Then I resort to bounce... They have their place.
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I think it would do a decent job of casting a wider dispersement of light, but I don't think it would be nearly as a good as a soft box. Firstly, you would have to aim the reflection just right - with the speed light aimed away from subject and the reflective surface aimed right. A soft box provides the large surface of origin of evenly distributed light. I use the Flash benders a lot for wide light against the back drop or instead of a shoot-through umbrella behind me for added light opposite the soft box. I hope this was helpful. ps I am not a pro or expert.
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Firstly, it is not a video soft box, so it is not vented for cooling and would likely shrink wrap itself to your light and or melt. Secondly, for this price you should know automatically that it has no lamp. And third, it's in the description, read. Now as for "what should purchase to go with" , buy a video light kit, or set up regular flood lights bounced off white reflectors or adjacent walls or ceilings.
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Technically, it makes them flash from full powet to about 20% power. The effect is your light flashing in and off but legally it can't go completely off, hence the 20%.
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I had the same problem and I realized you pay for what you get. The flash light is small comes with a handy magnet but just doesn't have the brightest bulb.I suggest you go to ebay type "Cree 1800" pick a light at half the cost with 5x the power.
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Iʻve tried it, unfortunately I donʻt have a photo sorry. But I can say it "sort of" works. Depending on how tall the walls are, it doesnʻt throw as far up the wall as I hoped. It just doesnʻt have enough throw. I used it as an uplight against a white wall that was about 20ʻ high, and it got "lost" after about 10-12ʻ. It does however work fine as an uplight on my speaker scrims, so if youʻre a DJ, looking for an affordable solution to lighting your scrims...this is good. Also good for a light wash on a small area...maybe 10ʻ to 15ʻ feet. If youʻre looking to uplight high walls... youʻd be better of spending the extra $50 bucks and buy the American DJ Mega Par Profile RGB LED, or the Chauvet version. I believe theyʻre both $99 or less. Iʻve tried it, unfortunately I donʻt have a photo sorry. But I can say it "sort of" works. Depending on how tall the walls are, it doesnʻt throw as far up the wall as I hoped. It just doesnʻt have enough throw. I used it as an uplight against a white wall that was about 20ʻ high, and it got "lost" after about 10-12ʻ. It does however work fine as an uplight on my speaker scrims, so if youʻre a DJ, looking for an affordable solution to lighting your scrims...this is good. Also good for a light wash on a small area...maybe 10ʻ to... » Read More Iʻve tried it, unfortunately I donʻt have a photo sorry. But I can say it "sort of" works. Depending on how tall the walls are, it doesnʻt throw as far up the wall as I hoped. It just doesnʻt have enough throw. I used it as an uplight against a white wall that was about 20ʻ high, and it got "lost" after about 10-12ʻ. It does however work fine as an uplight on my speaker scrims, so if youʻre a DJ, looking for an affordable solution to lighting your scrims...this is good. Also good for a light wash on a small area...maybe 10ʻ to 15ʻ feet. If youʻre looking to uplight high walls... youʻd be better of spending the extra $50 bucks and buy the American DJ Mega Par Profile RGB LED, or the Chauvet version. I believe theyʻre both $99 or less. « Show Less
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If you don't use light it does better, the contacts on front of light that generates shock are very easy to break off, I would not buy this, its not durable
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Yes you can but I don't know which one will fit this flash. I just pivot the flash head toward the ceiling and it gives me the result that I am looking for.
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Hi Lauren - I honestly never tried it without having it blown up. With it being inflated though - it does illuminate very well and I'm thinking that it would be much more effective in the inflated state. Hope that helps! A really cool product - we use ours when we backpack.
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The tension on spring clips are strong. You could use some type of a shim (i.e. wood shim) in between the spring and ceiling material if you're concerned with damaging. But I think the fiberglass ceiling material should be strong enough.The tension on the clips on the smaller diameter lights aren't that strong.
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It's a difficult question, Lacey. As with ALL light it's a matter of physics, really - and it all comes down to distances. The 580EX is quite a powerful flash, but it is still a flash. Dependant on the church, the distance to the ceiling, the reflectiveness of the surface it will bounce off some amount of light, but if it's enough for your requirements is another matter all together. With that it mind, it is possible to get various modifiers and by using different shooting techniques there is very little this flash can't help you achieve. And if you, as I, doesn't have the budget and the temperament for setting up a larger lighting kit, it's a powerful tool to add to your arsenal.Happy shootings,Thomas Roger It's a difficult question, Lacey. As with ALL light it's a matter of physics, really - and it all comes down to distances. The 580EX is quite a powerful flash, but it is still a flash. Dependant on the church, the distance to the ceiling, the reflectiveness of the surface it will bounce off some amount of light, but if it's enough for your requirements is another matter all together. With that it mind, it is possible to get various modifiers and by using different shooting techniques there is very little this flash can't help you achieve. And if you, as I, doesn't have the... » Read More It's a difficult question, Lacey. As with ALL light it's a matter of physics, really - and it all comes down to distances. The 580EX is quite a powerful flash, but it is still a flash. Dependant on the church, the distance to the ceiling, the reflectiveness of the surface it will bounce off some amount of light, but if it's enough for your requirements is another matter all together. With that it mind, it is possible to get various modifiers and by using different shooting techniques there is very little this flash can't help you achieve. And if you, as I, doesn't have the budget and the temperament for setting up a larger lighting kit, it's a powerful tool to add to your arsenal.Happy shootings,Thomas Roger « Show Less
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You can get a much better lighting angle of your flash than you would probably get from the top of your camera. You could also turn the flash to sideways with the rotating bracket. Comes handy if you do not have walls or reflectors to bounce light. If you add a soft box for your flash, you would a much nicer tone especially if you are shooting people -- the pictures come out definitely better. The grip too lends a hand in handling your kit.
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I tried putting mine under the bed. It still made the whole bed glow like something out of "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind". Had to resort to black electrical tape (two layers at the brightest spots) and the danged thing still glows out of the plug sockets (but not too badly.) Why did they have to go overboard with the lighting on this thing? Nobody is impressed by green led lights anymore. They're just a PITA.
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Yes,you can. I can only use the smaller diffuser. The flash body itself it stationary but the flash head pivots up towards the ceiling.