Gary Fong Puffer Pop Up Flash Diffuser - CANON/NIKON
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Manufacturer: Gary FongModel: GFPUFFER
Color: black
Product features:
- Provides professional-style diffused lighting from your camera's pop-up flash
- Softens camera's harsh direct flash Reduces harsh shadows
- Ingeniously mounts via the camera's flash shoe Adjustable for center positioning of any pop-up flash regardless of size
- Works in any camera mode (ex: Program, Aperture priority, etc.)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Gary Fong Puffer Pop Up Flash Diffuser - CANON/NIKON
Customer Review: Red-eye, begone!
Summary: 5 Stars
I rarely take flash photos with the pop-up on my camera, and don't own a hot shoe unit; all of my photos, indoors and out, are taken via available light, but I have to admit there's been the odd time when a flash would come in handy, for a bit of fill-in for instance. So I finally took the plunge and parted with my $20 or so for the Puffer, and I have to say I'm glad I did!
I paid close attention to the 1 star reviews, and was very aware of the issues that some people seemed to be having with the unit as far as its "build quality" was concerned, so when it turned up I wasn't exactly expecting anything particularly substantial. It's plastic of course, but not particularly "brittle;" I never felt that it was going to snap for instance, and it slides on and off my hot shoe without any problem whatsoever.
I found the easiest way to set it up initially was to put the "frame" onto the hot shoe, pop the flash, adjust the diffuser up and down in front of the arms 'til you find the sweet spot where the center of the flash and diffuser more or less line up, take the frame off, push the diffuser onto the ends of the arms, then pop the whole shebang back onto the hot shoe and you should be good to go!
Once I had it adjusted as accurately as I could I just left it assembled and threw it in my camera bag; it's slides right onto the hot shoe without any bother, as long as the flash is down.
A picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words, so I've posted two photos, the black cat, and cropped in fairly tight to his eyes. I did want to show you "before" and "after" shots, but cats, or at least mine, never co-operate; as soon as the flash went off in his face he was out of there! LOL!
The photo was taken with a Canon XSi + 50mm 1.4 @ f2.8; I was fairly close, and am quite sure that without the Puffer the red-eye would have been absolutely vicious. All I can really say is that for me, the Puffer works, and with the exceedingly limited amount of use it will probably get, I still consider it to be terrific value for money.
Description of Gary Fong Puffer Pop Up Flash Diffuser - CANON/NIKON
THE PUFFER mounts in the hot-shoe slot of digital cameras with a pop-up flash, greatly softening and enhancing the quality of light. It's great for portraits, grab-shots of people and closeups of objects (great for e-bay photos!) It packs up nice and small for convenient storage in your camera bag (or pocket!) and has eight different mounting positions for the perfect fit for any popup flash camera. If you use your popup flash with a wide angle lens and shade, you've probably seen a really weird half-circle dark shadow at the bottom of your image. That's the shadow from your lens shade. When you put on the Puffer diffuser, the shadow is nearly eliminated. Provides professional-style diffused lighting from your camera?s pop-up flash Softens camera?s harsh direct flash Reduces harsh shadows Ingeniously mounts via the camera?s flash shoe Adjustable for center positioning of any pop-up flash regardless of size Works in any camera mode (ex: Program, Aperture priority, etc.)Flash Accessories
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