Gary Fong Puffer Pop Up Flash Diffuser - CANON/NIKON by Gary Fong
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Digital camera reviews of Gary Fong Puffer Pop Up Flash Diffuser - CANON/NIKON
Digital camera Review: Delicate but Effective
Summary: 4 Stars
If you've read the reviews that discuss broken or damaged devices, there's a reason for that: This little gadget is made of the lowest quality materials that could possibly be used and still have some sort of functionality.
If you get one of these, and I do recommend getting one (or 2), be very, very gentle assembling and, most importantly, mounting the device. Once on your camera, I use it on a XSi/450, it works very well. Some quick advice if you get one. 1, be gentle putting it on your camera - this may sound redundant but you'll understand. 2, increase your flash compensation to +1 stop and experiment / test from there.
Most Important: The results using the "Puffer" are surprisingly good. I've used it at a couple of family gatherings with great effect. The images, both indoor and outdoor fill light, are much, much better than without.
Digital camera Review: Disapointing - Don't waste your money
Summary: 1 Stars
I was really excited to try this diffuser with my Nikon D40 and D200. However after trying several different times in different situation, for me, this diffuser make an almost indistinguishable effect. I wasn't able to get result anywhere close to what some of the advertising pictures show. I would recommend saving your money and in my case buying either a Nikon SB-400 or SB-600 which have bounce flash capabilities (20X better results).Digital camera Review: Does exactly what it's designed to do.
Summary: 5 Stars
The first step to great flash photography is to get the light source off the camera. You can bounce the flash or physically remove the flash from the camera and trigger it using a cable or wireless device, or some combination of the two, but get the light source off the camera.
Having said that, most DSLR's come with a pop-up flash for a reason. Pop-up flash CAN be useful for fill flash and for casual use where dramatic flash lighting techniques are not required or are too cumbersome. For these purposes the Gary Fong Puffer is great. I'm very pleased with the results. It does exactly what it's designed to do and that's to diffuse the light coming from that tiny little light source on the top of your camera.
Digital camera Review: Does what it claims to do.
Summary: 4 Stars
I got this to use with my Canon 40D for those trips where I just don't have enough room to bring along my big flash and Whaletail. This is a nice compact little gadget that comes in 2 pieces. The bracket slips into the hotshoe and then you push the white diffuser onto the little pegs and can adjust it as needed higher or lower for your particular flash. I didn't find it as flimsy as the other reviews, it snapped right into place on my hotshoe without a problem. It is a bit more difficult to attach the head to the bracket, that would really be my one main complaint that I would like this to be easier. As for performance, I was pretty impressed for the most part. Sure, it doesn't come near to the performance of my full-fledged bounce flash setup, but for a $20 gadget it does quite good. I took some photos of my dogs which is usually a huge red eye problem with direct flash (most animals produce far worse red eye than people) and the results were quite pleasing with virtually no red eye and much softer shadows.Digital camera Review: Doesn't work with Canon T2i
Summary: 1 Stars
When attached to the hot shoe of my new Canon T2i, it shuts off the internal flash defeating it's purpose.