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Opteka Universal Soft Screen Flash Diffuser for Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, & Kodak On-Camera Pop-Up Flashes | Home » » » Opteka Universal Soft Screen Flash Diffuser for Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, & Kodak On-Camera Pop-Up Flashes | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 6.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 21 reviews |
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10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Great little time saverFeb 17, 2009
By Mark
"Marky D Sharky"
This is a great little time saver for those times when you want to use your built-in flash. When not in use if fits easily in a pocket. I am very happy with my purchase, it is a nice compliment to my speedlite setup.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Don't bother - won't helpNov 01, 2009
By Mark Twain
Based on other reviews, I thought I'd give this a try on my Canon XSi. What's the problem with the pop-up flash? Aside from the lack of power, it's directional and harsh. In portrait orientation, the pop-up flash will produce dark shadowing to the side.
If you add this Opteka diffuser on, it does NOT reduce the shadowing noticeably (maybe 5% improvement at most). What's worse is that the color turns more yellowish/brownish, and very ugly color at that. I've played with the white balance settings, but those won't yield acceptable results for me either. Perhaps a custom white balance might, but I didn't try that.
The diffuser will marginally soften the light on your subject, but due to no improvement in shadowing and negative effect on color, my opinion is that you're better off without it.
It's also very cheaply made. It's simple thin plastic. The back has a tab that is folded and used to slide into the hot shoe to hold it in place. But this it feels like it'll rip at the crease, so I'm extra careful with it.
A better solution that using this diffuser is to get an external flash. That will improve your lighting options and quality by leaps and bounds. But if your budget doesn't allow for an external flash, then you shouldn't let waste on this either. It's really useless.
I have only tried using this diffuser indoors for casual family photos, so maybe it may work better for some other uses (macro, outdoor fill).
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Best "bang for the Buck"Aug 08, 2009
By Samuel E. Webb
"Sam Webb"
Of all my accessories (including several diffusers) this has the most effect per dollar spent of all of them. It can hide in you case or even pocket, then pull it out when you don't have or need a bigger flash. The most obvious improvement over standard pop up flash is the elemination of bright spots. It seems to even make the colors more natural.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Simple plastic diffuser that works pretty wellSep 10, 2009
By Scott
I bought this to diffuse the flash as I do a lot of macro photography, while it is made of thick plastic it works well but I'm being careful that I don't bend the fold areas too much because it looks like it could snap if forced. Other than that It works great.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Very Low Manufacturing QualityMar 01, 2011
By Olga
I was looking for something to soften the pop-up flash on my DSLR. Someone showed me a similar diffuser and I decided to give it a try. Opteka's product was pretty much a random choice as I hadn't found enough information about pop-up flash diffusers. I wish I did better research.
The quality of the diffuser is very low. The piece I got had cracks on creases and didn't look like it was going to survive even one month of usage unless being treated as a very noble but fragile princess.
I still think that some diffuser is better than no diffuser at all, but I'm going to order it from some other manufacturer.
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