The Puffer flash diffuser gives you the same flattering lighting style used by professionals. The Puffer simply slides into your camera's flash shoe and places the diffuser in front of your pop-up flash. The diffuser softens the light which gives you much better color and softer shadows, an all together better shot in a flash!
Provides professional-style diffused lighting from your camera's pop-up flash
Softens camera's harsh direct flash
Reduces harsh shadows
Ingeniously mounts via the camera's flash shoe
Adjustable for center positioning of any pop-up flash regardless of size
Works in any camera mode (ex: Program, Aperture priority, etc.)
The Puffer Pop-up Flash Diffuser from Gary Fong
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
The foot broke after less than a week.:
I had high expectations for this product but, the foot was way too stiff to be used in the hotshoe of a camera. The type of plastic they use is highly brittle and it isn't flexible at all. By the design of the foot, they are supposed to flex inward to hold the diffuser on. This is absolutely poor design however, as I stated, because the plastic does not give at all. It snapped like cheap plastic as I inserted it into my hot shoe on my Nikon. The overall quality is poor. The diffuser section is... more info
Exactly what I was looking for.:
This is exactly what I was looking for. I was trying to find something that would diffuse the flash on my Nikon D40 camera and this item popped up on my amazon.com recommendation. Good recommendation!
does the job:
I've had a Rebel XT for several years and I've very seldom used the popup flash on it because coverage was so poor and uneven and it was harsh. Even with the flash compensation dialed down a little it was just ugly to use. I'd use available light and do the best I could with higher ISO and slower shutter speeds. (I'm not against popup flashes. My Minolta Maxxum 5 film SLR had one that was better that I used a lot more more) Anyway, recently a family friend showed me his puffer one evening and I shot... more info
Decent, not great:
Just got this and although it does diffuse, it doesn't do it all that noticeably. I realized quickly after trying to install it on my D50 that it isn't designed to go all the way in, presumably to avoid damaging the contacts on the shoe. It will do for the convenience of fitting into my bag when I don't want to mess with a full flash unit. As for full function - it's best used for reducing over-exposed highlights on your subject, but it won't completely disperse the light from the flash.
