Test Shot - DA16-45mm, eliminate shadow at 16mm with cheap Diffuser

[Kesha270057]

I did a test shot with this cheap and handy diffuser.

It gave the great lighting and eliminate the unwanted shadow and strange shadow when DA 16-45mm at wide end (16mm)

The Diffuser:





Attach to K10D with DA 16-45mm:



Without Diffuser:



With Diffuser:



Without Diffuser:



With Diffuser:



I hope this is help.
I'm sorry if this has been posted before.

Cheers,

-Kesha

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[Stratario]

Great discovery / invention. Did you make the diffuser or bought it?

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[Adam-T]

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[Kesha270057]

I bought it.

Great discovery / invention. Did you make the diffuser or bought it?

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f1.4, 18-55 kit lens , 50-200 kit lens

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[Kesha270057]

No, taking the hood off it would not help.

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[Lee Beasley]

I've never seen anything like it and a google search didn't turn it up. Where did you find it?

 

[Kesha270057]

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[Kesha270057]

I bought it from a local store, about usd.7.

I've never seen anything like it and a google search didn't turn it
up. Where did you find it?

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[topgun2007]

I had the same problem with the shadows. When the lens is extended, which it is when you are shooting the wide angles with the 16-45mm, it blocks the light from the pop-up flash at the top of the the lens, which shows at the bottom of your pictures. And taking the lens hood off does not help. When I first had this happen and called Pentax, they identified the problem as it is a known issue. My solution was to get a new external flash. Certainly this solution would have been less expensive, but I wanted a new flash anyway.

Regards, Jim

 

[Kesha270057]

Dear Jim,

This diffuser gave the great lighting to eliminate hard shadow from direct onboard/external flash too.

I had the same problem with the shadows. When the lens is extended,
which it is when you are shooting the wide angles with the 16-45mm,
it blocks the light from the pop-up flash at the top of the the lens,
which shows at the bottom of your pictures. And taking the lens hood
off does not help. When I first had this happen and called Pentax,
they identified the problem as it is a known issue. My solution was
to get a new external flash. Certainly this solution would have been
less expensive, but I wanted a new flash anyway.

Regards, Jim

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[Adam-T]

Not tried it as Ma's 16-45 is at Pentax (they're trying to make it perform at least as well as the kit lens) but it works well on other stuff

Not going to work as well as that massive diffuser thing but its less conspicous and Free



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[Lee Beasley]

Maybe it will hit the States some day. I like the way it collapses.

 

[ryan olson]

do a search for foldable flash diffuser on ebay
ryan

 

[Kesha270057]

Thanks Adam for the diffuser.
I tried it.
But it is not working with DA16-45, the strange shadow still appeared.
DA 16-45 is reverse zoom type, the lens will long in the wide end.

Not tried it as Ma's 16-45 is at Pentax (they're trying to make it
perform at least as well as the kit lens) but it works well on other
stuff

Not going to work as well as that massive diffuser thing but its less
conspicous and Free



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