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Lumiquest Soft Screen, a Diffusion Sheet for On-Camera Pop-up Flashes.

Lumiquest Soft Screen, a Diffusion Sheet for On-Camera Pop-up Flashes.

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Brand: LumiQuest
Category: Photography

Buy New: $9.99



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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 47 reviews

Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1

MPN: LQ-051D
Model: LUMIQUEST SOFT SCREEN
UPC: 744579052007
EAN: 0744579052007
ASIN: B000B5H2BE

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Front Panel is held in place by fitting around cameras nameplate
  • Dimensions: Folds flat to approximately 4x4-inches

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Diffuse your pop up flash and prevent red eye. Quick and convenient to put on & take off. This is the answer to most on camera flash problems. Light loss is about 2/3 of a stop


Customer Reviews:   Read 42 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars Mixed Results   November 17, 2008
1) The tab is too big to get in my camera's hot shoe without folding and stuffing it in, or cutting it.
2) Apparently my camera (Cannon powershot pro) disables the built-in flash when something's in the hot shoe - using a pressure switch, so inserting this all the way disables my camera's flash
3) Results are mixed. I didn't get underexposures, but some times didn't seem like it did much diffusing.

Your mileage may vary, but for $10 it might be worth a try.



4 out of 5 stars Good to have on hand.   October 27, 2008
Really handy, not a good as a real flash with a diffuser but this is in my bag all the time just in case. Worth the money.


1 out of 5 stars Trash   September 9, 2008
What a terrible piece of equipment! First, it you have to VELCRO it to your camera, putting adhesive goo on your hotshoe. If you try tilting your camera, it falls off because of the poor fit. It is just a pain to use- make one yourself and save some grief and money.


1 out of 5 stars Product is cheap... glad the price is too.   September 5, 2008
I had high hopes for this item, too bad it didn't live up to them. I got it for my Canon Rebel XT so that a student of mine could try it - but the camera won't even fire the pop-up flash when the sheet is attached to the hot shoe(this is not an issue with that camera and other products), and the little tab that is supposed to attach to the hot shoe doesn't fit quite right - it's too big, and I assume was pushing down on the sensors. After reading reviews decided to trim it to make it fit better and then the flash would fire, but the little plastic tab wouldn't stay snugly in the hot shoe anymore unless I held it there. I also tried it on my 40D and had the very same problem.

Also, I could tell right away when I put it on both cameras that the sheet does not hold itself far enough away from the flash, so even if I could get it to work right, I doubt it would diffuse much.

Maybe this is designed for other types of cameras, but it would be nice to have that info in the item description.

In my case, I'm glad it was only a couple dollars to try this out, I won't be recommending it anytime soon.



5 out of 5 stars Works Great!   August 5, 2008
I was skeptical about this thing because it looks so... cheap. and it is, but it works GREAT. Now I don't like shooting in dark rooms, it's just not my thing, but when my family gathers it seems I'm always taking pictures in dark places and end up disliking the options of using the flash or slow shutter speeds ( not to mention annoying people with a bright flash) this has changed the quality of my family photos for the better, much better.
It's so inexpensive that if you don't like it, well no great loss, but I haven't found anyone who doesn't like shooting with it.


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