I think the Stofen is the right solution for a house size room. I've
tested it against two different models of Lumiquest and it's the right
solution for that application. A simple Lumiquest (with no front
diffuser) wins in the big room though.
Chuck Norcutt
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> 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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