cheapo deffusers for pop up flash any good?

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Link isn't working I'm afriad. Pop up diffusers are increasing the area of the flash source so will improve the photos slightly, although it's very hard to say whether it's worth the faff.

If it's only a few quid just go for it and post some results for us to see :)
 
I have one (a cheapo) and its OK at close range, and cuts down glare. At longer range, the light output is sometimes reduced too much - although that depends on shooting conditionas. For the price, its worth having in your bag.
 
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You can make them from empty milk containers,i have done this in the past.:):thumbs:
 
Looks useful to have an amber flash diffuser. This will help the colour of light from the flash blend in with the light from surrounding tungsten bulbs.Sounds like a good buy :)
 
Try wrapping a piece of tracing paper in a curve around the end of the flash. Will provide a similar effect to the above.
 
Thanks for all the info folks, Not having any lens cases I decided to spend a couple of quid and order one in

Brought this one from amazon simply because the ebay ones were coming from china and delivery states it could be up to 25 days.. Will post results when I get it..
 
decided to order the set of 3 from ebay...i pretty much never like to use flash, but i have felt recently (particularly in the winter taking shots of people in dimly lit rooms) that using it could come in handy. Perhaps i'll be much more inclined to occasionally use it with these.
 
Well, it arrived today and I think it works well, especially to eliminate the harsh shadows bouncing off faces.

I havent had a lot of time to test it, but will get some portrait shots tomorrow when the kids come home from school.

Here's 2 of the cat, RAW files straight from the camera, no PP (apart from the boarder). There was no light in the room the shot of the cat was taken in, there was however light coming though an open door adjacent to where I was.

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And here's a few of it on my D3000

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I got a white one from FITP on here for £3.50 and found it made a big difference to the quality of the light. Took all the harshness out of the on camera flash unit making it a much more useable fill light. I almost always fit it when I plan on using the on camera flash.
 
For a flash diffuser to make a significant difference, it needs to spread the light around so that it bounces off the surroundings which then become your much bigger, and therefore softer light source. The ceiling usually, or a wall.

This uses a lot of power, and the pop-up simply doesn't have enough.

I tried one of those little puffer type things and it was completely useless.
 
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