Omni bounce used outdoors

11 years 8 months ago #249534 by Gene.Culley
Dumb question, but is the omni bounce able to work outside?


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11 years 8 months ago - 11 years 8 months ago #249580 by McBeth Photography
Not very effective outdoors. The light coming out of the flash is relatively straight or traveling in a straight line. Sto-Fen calls it the omni-bounce because it scatters the light in all directions and bounces it off of walls to provide fill light on the subject.

It is what it is.
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11 years 8 months ago #249581 by Stanly
Exactly :agree: you have nothing to bounce off of. Not it's shining moment of use.

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11 years 8 months ago #249938 by Monster
These work great for indoors, but honestly for exterior use only, isn't a good buy.


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11 years 6 months ago #257570 by Moe
Wouldn't you want something to "bounce" the light off?


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11 years 6 months ago #259805 by One Creative Girl
I have one of these and they are great for indoor use of course, but honestly I don't use it that much.


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11 years 6 months ago #259840 by Henry Peach
It's probably somewhat more diffuse, and it would increase the light source size a bit (although depending on distance to subject it might not make any difference in the real world). But in general I'll agree with the others: it's meant to be bounced, and if there isn't anything to bounce off of....
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11 years 6 months ago #259860 by Screamin Scott
If you shoot macro, it can be used in a pinch on a flash unit to provide additional illumination for your subject. I have used one on an SB 600 & was using a 105mm macro lens (it softens the flash & when used with longer macro lenses, won't be cut off by the lens barrel)

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11 years 6 months ago #259914 by Joves

Henry Peach wrote: It's probably somewhat more diffuse, and it would increase the light source size a bit (although depending on distance to subject it might not make any difference in the real world). But in general I'll agree with the others: it's meant to be bounced, and if there isn't anything to bounce off of....

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This is the correct answer. It is dependent upon distance from the subject. The omnibounce which is a diffuser would soften the light for macro if that is what you are shooting. If you are shooting in the shadows it will also give you a limited fill light, but if you are shooting in bright light forget it. You would be better off with a bounce card to throw the light, but then its range is severely limited as well. Reflectors are your best friend in bright light conditions to illuminate the subject.


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11 years 6 months ago #259985 by studiotoffa
I would say it all depend onthe subject you intend to use it on and how you intend to use it. Since the omni bounce is a diffuser I would say it would be ok to use in landscape where you want a touch of soften fill light, avoid strong directional light and don't want to bring along or have room for a softbox like the Lumiquest Softbox III. But you won't be able to use it to bounce around on the surroundings for a effect.
And I would say that the Softbox III would be a better option as it's more directional, and don't release stray light on the sides.

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11 years 6 months ago #259990 by Stealthy Ninja
Bounce it off clouds. :banana:
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