> Today I wanted to test my recently aquired Metz Reflex Screen for my Metz > CT 60-2 flash. Only adjustment is resizing and Autolevels
> The two shown photographs (of my son) are: > 1. Flash bounced off the ceiling: > 2. Flash bounced off the Metz Reflex Screen: > I certainly prefere the first one (bounced off the ceiling). Thanks for sharing the comparison, Jens. I also prefer the first one. However, that is a candid shot of your son (who is obviously a "good sport" for putting up with his photographer father - <g>). If you had asked your son to turn his face toward you for a more posed shot, the shadows around his eyes from the ceiling-bounced shot could then be a problem. (It's not a problem in the casual shot as you showed us.) My point is not to overly criticize ceiling-bounced shots (which I also use, when possible), but to point out one of its weaknesses. Having a little light to fill in shadows (eye sockets, sometimes under the chin, etc.) can be a help in this regard. > The screen can be used when ever the ceiling is not at all white or > otherwise in adequate for bouncing a flash. Yes. I've never personally tried any of the commercial flash-mounted diffusers or bouncers (which is, I suppose, why I found your comparison interesting - <g>). (I do use one thickness of a white handkerchief fixed over the snout of the AF280T and the AF400T quite frequently, though, which does help to soften the direct flash harshness a bit.) > I didn't make a real old fashioned dircet flash shot. It's simply too > crude IMO. Understood. <g> Fred
