BounceLite - a revolutionary flash diffuser

[wickidwombat]

i wasted money on a winglight and oh my god what a junky piece of poorly made rubbish that was
not to mention overpriced . the catchlights were horrendous from it, I cant see this overpriced snake oil being any better than that junk.

I agree with neuro and PBD, stick with physics it wont let you down trie and fight it and you will just fall over. Physics doesnt lose. ever.

 

[mihazero]

I have gotten winglight and i did find it extremely useful for low light event photography, where i only want to bathe faces with light a bit, not change general ambient light too much.

Bouncing light off walls and other stuff is only possible when you crank your speedlight to 11. Still WL does a lot better job then this can ever do. Purely because its bigger light source that you have to use as close as possible to your subject, due to quick power dissipation. Still even in that case its one trick pony, but better then this thing.

 

[jonathan7007]

Check out Joe Demb's long-time entries into this world of on-speedlight tools. Well-made attachment bands, good QC from my experience. Accessible business owner.
http://www.dembflashproducts.com/products/flip-it-flash-reflectors/

Joe was a photographer in the Boston area and has designed a good set of modifiers that work for shooting. I've used the basic card-above" version and a separate produce called the Portrait dish - a 10x13 cupped piece that has a bit of a scoop shape to catch enough of what comes up out of the speedlight to make a larger "card" effect. This folds for transport. It appears on its own page:
http://www.dembflashproducts.com/products/portrait-dish/

I have used both in real-life event work. I still carry a #10 envelope in my bag with a rubber band just in case I don't have his rig with me. I've used those tools since newspaper work years and years ago. Mr. Demb not a relative or friend.

Recommended.

 

[Marsu42]

I've admitted i'm a relative but I only made this account to see what people thought about the review, it's just a forum not exactly widespread advertising is it?

In the age of the Internet, that's about the same thing - to get something promoted, you need inbound links from high-rated sources with search engine credibility ... like CR.

The product is not made by some sneaky salesman, even if you don't like me, don't take it out on the inventor...

I'm sure a sturdy-built bounce card & "diffuser" thingy will find customers, as will any gadget, so indeed good luck with it...

... however the "snake oil" connection is right there in the thread title: "revolutionary flash diffuser". If the marketing is really set on implying such a small surface can produce better soft light than any other sto-fen type, that's outright misleading. And instead of "revolutionary" rather "handy" or "integrated" comes to my mind.

Check out Joe Demb's long-time entries into this world of on-speedlight tools. Well-made attachment bands, good QC from my experience. Accessible business owner.

+1 for the demb products, I'm using his flash bracket and bounce cards, great stuff at a reasonable price - and great service. Here's one example of an innovator being successful w/o selling snake oil.

 

[pwp]

Check out Joe Demb's long-time entries into this world of on-speedlight tools. Well-made attachment bands, good QC from my experience. Accessible business owner.

+1 for the Demb products, I'm using his flash bracket and bounce cards, great stuff at a reasonable price - and great service. Here's one example of an innovator being successful w/o selling snake oil.

The Joe Demb stuff works for me too. Deceptively clever, simple, well made and honest.
Having tried just about everything in the on-speedlight universe, I just keep coming home to Joe.
But for a natural look, the number one preference will always be a low white ceiling.

-pw