Gary Fong Puffer for Pop-up...yay or nay?

As the topic states, I saw a puffer by Gary Fong at the local shop here that attaches to the pop-up flash on the camera to reduce harsh flash.Just wondering if this is worth the $40.00 until I get some money for a 580? Anyone have any chance to use one of these?

nay

nay.

Just keep on saving for the 580.
Well worth it.

Reasons for nay:
-your pop up flash already has almost no range. This will lessen it even more. Not a ton, but sometimes every little bit counts

Go find a translucent film canister Cut a slit in it and slide it on. Viola!

nay

Never. I mean nay.

Neigh.

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^taken with Gary Fong puffer


(just kidding )

NO. I have one and it is a piece of junk. But if you must have one like me, buy it from BandH video. They run about 20.00 there.

Nay. If you must get a generic one for 3 bucks off eBay. At forty bucks you might As well get a yongnuo flash that does ettl

No.

And - avoid using the popup flash at all cost. It has to be the absolute worst lighting source for photography that has ever been invented. I strongly suggest your getting a Speedlite that can be tilted and rotated so you can bounce the light. Also, getting the light source higher above the lens will help you to avoid red-eye.

For US$40 you could buy a simple manual flash with a bounce head.
Look for something really old and second hand.

It would be very simple, but do a job a thousand times better than any fong dong attachment.

no.

gavinc22 wrote in post #10008935
As the topic states, I saw a puffer by Gary Fong at the local shop here that attaches to the pop-up flash on the camera to reduce harsh flash.Just wondering if this is worth the $40.00 until I get some money for a 580? Anyone have any chance to use one of these?

Keep the $40.00 and you'll be that much closer to getting the 580EX.

nay, plus it looks kind of weird...