- 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.)
Product Description
THE PUFFER mounts in the hot-shoe slot of digital cameras with a pop-up flash, greatly softening and enhancing the quality of light. It’s great for portraits, grab-shots of people and closeups of objects (great for e-bay photos!) It packs up nice and small for convenient storage in your camera bag (or pocket!) and has eight different mounting positions for the perfect fit for any popup flash camera. If you use your popup flash with a wide angle lens and shade, you’v. . . More >>
I got this to use with my Canon 40D for those trips where I just don’t have enough room to bring along my big flash and Whaletail. This is a nice compact little gadget that comes in 2 pieces. The bracket slips into the hotshoe and then you push the white diffuser onto the little pegs and can adjust it as needed higher or lower for your particular flash. I didn’t find it as flimsy as the other reviews, it snapped right into place on my hotshoe without a problem. It is a bit more difficult to attach the head to the bracket, that would really be my one main complaint that I would like this to be easier. As for performance, I was pretty impressed for the most part. Sure, it doesn’t come near to the performance of my full-fledged bounce flash setup, but for a $20 gadget it does quite good. I took some photos of my dogs which is usually a huge red eye problem with direct flash (most animals produce far worse red eye than people) and the results were quite pleasing with virtually no red eye and much softer shadows.
Rating: 4 / 5
The mount that some people have had trouble with was fixed with a slight design modification quite a while ago. While most dealers’ stock has been replaced, there are some that are still trickling through. If the mount broke for you, call customer support at 800-906-6447 x1 and they will send you the new one. It doesn’t matter where you purchased it. The design change is illustrated here http://garyfonginc. com/images/PUF-MOUNT_v2. jpg.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this item when it was first released. I was really looking forward to trying it out but the “patent pending” method for connecting the puffer to my Nikon D80 broke on my first attempt to insert it. I wasn’t forcing it or anything, it’s just a flimsy piece of plastic in my opinion. I’m really disappointed wit this product and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. This is also the second review I’ve put on this site for this product, my first one was removed!
Rating: 1 / 5
For the price of the product, I think the product works fine. However, the white plastic portion of the product is quite flimsy. I am extremely careful when putting it on the black pegs to attach to camera. As well, the white plastic portion is hard to attach to the pegs, and the fact that it is flimsy doesn’t help.
With all that said, the product produces great results, and does exactly what I would expect it to do. The price is reasonable and I haven’t seen too many products that do the same thing. I would recommend it if you can be careful with your photography products!
Rating: 3 / 5
I have read reviews of other Gary Fong products and never purchased one. I have been stuck many times without a flash and not wanted to use the pop-up flash on my Olympus E500 because of redeye and overexposure issues. I received my Puffer today in the mail. It works great! Exactly as expected. The puffer is made completely out of plastic and fits snuggly on the hotshoe mount. There are several hight adjustments (holes to mount the diffuser) and I haven’t found the best height yet. I snapped a few pictures with the flash at full power and no images had redeye and the skin tones looked natural without any over exposure highlight areas. This is a definate must have for the camera bag!
Rating: 5 / 5