On 1/26/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When considering flash diffusers I think it helps to realize that there
> are two distinctly different scanarios for flash use and two distinctly
> different types of diffuser.
>
> 1) You are in a relatively smallish, light colored room or at least a
> room with low ceilings (10 feet or less).
>
> 2) You are in a large room such as a banquet hall with ceilings so high
> that when the photons from your feeble camera mounted flash hit them
> they don't bounce off but rather just fall back to the floor... assuming
> the ceiling isn't black in which case the photons will just stick to it.
No argument from me. I've seen some of your flash work and it's
great. I guess I am looking for the kind of thing that works well for
"people pictures" of family at holidays, etc., in a room of fairly
normal size, etc. Your first scenario. There are doubtless better
things than the Stofen on a T32, but I'm not sure what could be more
convenient. Most flash diffuser crud doubles the size of a flash
which is already double the height of the T32 and precludes shooting
verticals. Verticals are great with the Stofen and T32.
I rarely shoot in a banquet hall, but I did some shooting last summer
at my niece's wedding and used the 85-250, believe it or not, with a
Vivitar 4600 just blasting away. I managed to zoom in that way from
across the room and the results were acceptable.
I recall a statement John Lind made once about diffusers. The further
away from the subject, the more it's just like any old non-diffused
point light source.
Joel W.
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