Simple emergency flash diffuser (AKA business card)
Simple emergency flash diffuser (AKA business card)
Mar 22, 2016
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I was playing how to best diffuse the NX1000 flash and discovered that just a small business card size and type paper works very well when there is a ceiling to bounce from. I'm sorry for the boring nature of the photos - demo purpose only.
The first photo is of firing the flash with the small piece of paper attached to it. The paper touches the flash and forms a 45 degree angle. Could be secured with elastic band or tape. So if you ever get stuck in a situation where you don't have a fancy flash or reflector - just pull a business card and fire away :-). I hope this is helpful.

Below are few examples.
With reflector
Direct flash
Reflector
Direct Flash
No Flash to demonstrate the manual exposure level and the effect of the flash.
Using the reflector
Olympus Stylus 1
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS50
Panasonic FZ80/FZ82
Sony SLT-A57
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7
+10 more
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