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Light Modifier Cage Match Results - Test 2 (SOFTNESS w/ no ceiling)
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Haha, this is one part of the DIY ethic I do get a little elitist in. Dude, just get the fong. It's not like we're talking expensive light modifiers like beauty dishes and softboxes here.
I have no problem breaking out a speedlight in front of a client, but I'm not busting out a milk jug :)
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fong is over priced and is no better than a stofen when people use flash correctly plus you don't look rediculus with a stofen
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@rtpoah: are you referring to the Stofen Omnibounce? (Not aware they make other products?)
The Omnibounce doesn't actually change the size of the light-source, however 'correctly' you use a flash. The only thing that changes shadow softness is changing the size of the light source. The omnibounce is useful for bouncing light off reflective surfaces, as the name suggests - it's a light direction modifier, not a size modifier, it's not designed to make shadows softer.
Originally posted 46 months ago.
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hazymat edited this topic 46 months ago.
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Its funny because I have fallen in love with my milk jug. and did take it out in front of models this weekend. its great at the beach, kinda protects the flash if it falls , and doesnt catch the wind like umrella. Ill post examples in my stream later.
Posted 46 months ago.
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if they laugh tell em like it is... when you see the results you won't be laughing.... I mean are they going to pay for a light modifier??? no??? did anyone hear the laughing stop yet???
Posted 46 months ago.
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dealextreme.com, econo-fong, 15$ mine works great
Posted 46 months ago.
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The Fong isn't much bigger than the Sto-fen, not in comparison to a person's head anyway. The Fing works by spreading light all around, and hopefully bouncing it off of walls and ceilings for that large light source, and it sends a little light down onto the subject. I think its shape trumps the Sto-Fen for indoor, on-camera light modification. Still, I won't pay $50 for one.
I like www.abetterbouncecard.com as it is roughly the same idea.
Then again I like the Sto-Fen with the flash at 45 degrees. This to works a lot like the Fong sending light all around, and a little down toward your subject.
But then again I like the milk jug--I need more milk jug! (said in my best Christopher Walkin impersonation...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhSkRHXTKlw
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mortonphotographic edited this topic 46 months ago.
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