Opteka Soft Pop-Up SLR Flash Diffuser for Canon EOS, Nikon, Olympus, & Pentax On-Camera Flashes with White, Blue (Cooling), & Orange (Warming) Screens
- Includes White, Blue (Cooling), & Orange (Warming) Screens
- Provides professional-style diffused lighting from your camera’s pop-up flash
- Softens camera’s harsh direct flash & reduces harsh shadows
- Works in any camera mode (ex: Program, Aperture priority, etc.)
Diffuse your pop up flash and prevent red eye with the handy Opteka pop-up flash diffuser. Quick and convenient to put on & take off. This is the answer to most on camera flash problems. Light loss is about 2/3 of a stop. Fits most Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Kodak, Pentax & Fuji Camera’s with Pop-Up Flashes. Includes White, Blue (Cooling), & Orange (Warming) Screens.
List Price: $ 39.00
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Works as adveretised,
I have used this pop-up flash diffuser for a few days with my Nikon D90. It is working as advertised. Used under the correct circumstances, it will indeed diffuse flash output and lead to more evenly lit images than those produced without it. The quality of the product is so-so – it is made of molded plastic, and has a fairly cheap feel to it, but, of course, the price is quite low, so my expectations weren’t very high to start with. The vendor sent me a box that was labeled as the ‘Opteka’ pop-up flash diffuser (not the ‘Prolite’ mentioned on the Amazon website). However, the product itself looks identical to that shown on Amazon.
The product has a few limitations that become apparent with use. It results in unevenly lit images under wide-angle conditions (none of the five possible screen positions will correct this), and it will not work well with very short distances between the camera and the subject). Finally, despite the TTL flash metering of the camera (which I presumed would compensate for the light loss produced by the diffuser), the flash on the camera has to be set to higher output values (+1EV) to result in lighting of the scene comparable to that achieved without the diffuser. Thus, with the diffuser, the flash’s reach is actually substantially reduced.
Even with these limitations, this is a good product at a good price which makes the camera’s on-board flash more usable.
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|Yes it works,
The first thing I did after receiving it was set up a test shoot, just like the person that posted the pics of the lamp on the sample images. I was skeptical that it would soften the shadow lines that much but it absolutely did, works perfectly. The key to it, is the little dimples and the curved surface. It diffuses light much better then a flat screen or paper. I do not intend to use the orange and blue diffusers. In fact I have plans to modify them for other uses (top secrete stuff). Also all of the similar diffusers like this one are all the same; they are just sold under different brand names. Just find the cheapest price and shipping combo between the different ones and get it. It’s worth having, it takes up very little space in your bag, and it’s cheap. It’s by far the best option for diffusing a pop up flash. And it doesn’t look ridiculous like some of the others. It’s one of those “why didn’t I think of this” type of products. I think those that got poor results have a weak internal flash to begin with. There’s no fault in the product.
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|Better than no diffuser.,
I bought this for my Canon Rebel XT. Mine, too, came in a box marked Opteka. I am glad I bought this, as the product works fairly well and the price was reasonable. I used it to take some photos of my kids (in the stands) at a high school basketball game, where I know I couldn’t bounce the flash with my speedlight. I was satisfied with the result of this pop-up diffuser. But, don’t expect the kind of depth in your photos that you get from a speedlight. It just takes enough of the edge off the flash so that your images will look less flat than Uncle Lou’s, who is not using a diffuser.
The product description says “Light loss is about 2/3 of a stop.” Forget that. Even at a full stop, I thought the photos were underexposed. I ended up combining an exposure compensation (+1/3) with some flash compensation.
Update Feb 2011: I have upgraded to a Canon 50D and I tested the diffuser on that body. It fit fine and did not prevent the pop-up flash from engaging. Worked just fine. However, at least on other reviewer has commented that the mounting prevented the flash from popping-up on her 50D.
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