Lumiquest makes a bounce unit with holes in it. Some of the flash is bounced off the reflector, which is just above the camera. The rest is bounced off the ceiling. It works quite well. Paul
> > 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 >
