Olympus compatible off camera flash for street work?

Seedeich wrote:

M_digicapt wrote:

Seedeich wrote:

Just use a small speedlight like a Nissin i40 on a TTL cord. You can put it a pocket when you don’t need it.

If you really want a diffuser to do any good, you’ll need a fairly large one.

How hard or soft your light is depends on the size of the light source and the distance.

Anything smaller that 30 x 30 cm won’t make much difference.

I would drop the diffuser and just go for the hard light if you want small and unintimidating.

Thanks. You are probably right and I don't need the diffuser. Or maybe just one of those small puffer ones will be enough.

You mean those small white plastic thingies, that often come with the flash?

The only thing they do is, they spread the light all the way round. That might work in a small room, where the light can be reflected from the walls and ceiling back to the subject. In large rooms or outdoors, where there is nothing close enough to bounce the light back, you only waste battery power. And anyway, the main part of the light, that reaches the subject, comes from the tiny diffuser and is hard.

There are lots of devices, like small softboxes and bounce cards, but I haven’t seen anything yet, that is easy enough to employ for street photography and makes a real difference for softening the light.

This one is a possibility. It is very light weight, would work on a flash being hand held, and folds up small enough to stuff in a pocket or bag.

https://www.amazon.com/Neewer-Portable-Shooting-Diffuser-SoftBox/dp/B00UIT24ZM/ref=pd_sim_421_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=SNV5XFQEXKK0B3YF9ABZ