Here is an item on which you can save your money. The Gary Fong
"Puffer" is a diffuser gizmo that mounts into the hot shoe of your DLSR
and provides a diffusion shield in front of the pop up flash. Yea, I
know, we are not supposed to even think of using a pop up, but at times
it can really come in handy and actually can do a good job as long as
circumstances are not too extreme.
Well anyway, after taking probably 100 identical shots with and without
the "puffer", I can tell no difference at all. At the most there MAY be
a TINY bit of shadow reduction, but hardly noticeable. It also eats up
some light output, so you have to increase ISO or flash EV output, or
both. If I have to go to all that trouble, I might as well just put my
580 EX on.
The "sample" shots on the Fong website of course look wonderful. It
appears to me the "before" shots were done with the flash at max
output, then the diffuser put on and flash output correctly set. Not
saying Mr. Fong is being dishonest, but this is sure one add on that
looks like a great idea, but falls short in practice.
Here is the link to the Gary Fong site about the "Puffer".
http://store.garyfonginc.com/puf-01.html
Steve
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