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Diffuser: Cygnustech vs. AK vs. Popeshield

Started Jan 15, 2022 | Discussions thread
John K Veteran Member • Posts: 9,870
Re: Diffuser: Cygnustech vs. AK vs. Popeshield

chunkysoup wrote:

The AK has the added fill reflector to attach to the bottom, whereas the cygnus doesn't.

Unless you're crushing the shadows that reflector isn't necessary. Really easy for that reflector to erase the shadows, and the resulting image might look "flat".

It also looks like the AK comes with an led modeling light as a standard, whereas you have to pay extra (total $200) for an led with the cygnus.

I'm interested to know what other folks experience who use these diffusers.

I've never used one, but on camera flash isn't very good, IMHO. The light is too top down, too on axis with the lens, and potentially too low. No way to really control highlights and shadows in the scene and the light ends up looking "flat". You'd be better off with an off camera bracket so you can get the light off to one side, a little high and at a 45 degree angle.

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