Leo's taken all his SkyMall crap on a plane trip to Australia, so OMGChad pick's a gadget!
November 5, 2012 1 Comment 
With no crap from Sky Mall this week, Chad turned to the Prodigy Dome Flash Diffuser by Graslon. Actually Chad showed us three flash diffuser units from Graslon. What are they? Well, let’s take a look at a bit of the description from the top of the line Prodigy unit as listed on Amazon. “Good pictures need good light but often the flash creates harsh edges and unflattering shadows. The Graslon Prodigy dome flash diffuser has an optical system that redistributes the light before sending it through the diffusing lens creating shadows that look like they were taken in a studio setting right from the on-camera flash. The Graslon Prodigy flash diffuser has rigid, sliding-and-locking mounting brackets that fits all Canon EOS, Metz, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony, Sigma, & other external flash units securely. The dome lens will spread the light everywhere and takes advantage of walls and ceilings when available.” To demo the Prodigy unit Chad took someone from the TWiT audience and took their picture off-camera both with and without the flash diffuser. It then up to us to decide if we could tell the difference in the photos. Strangely, I couldn’t tell which picture was taken with the diffuser. Stranger still, Chad incorrectly identified which picture he had taken with the diffuser. (Giz Wiz Producer Jason Howell was showing us the pictures so we couldn't see any info on the photo settings.) Granted this was a really fast test and reviews on Amazon were very positive for the Prodigy Dome Flash Diffuser, but no one watching at TWiT was awed by the results. This top of the link unit is about $90 on Amazon. There’s a mid-priced Insight unit for about $65 and the Spark unit for about $35, all from Graslon.
http://www.amazon.com/Graslon-S-009638-Prodigy-Flash-Diffuser/dp/B004RE8ZN4
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Reader Comments (1)
I have used DemB flipit, Graslon prodigy, and Lumiquest Promax at wedding photography. In the end all of these options works. In the end it boils down to ease of use in the field. that's where the Demb flipit and lumiquest promax are always in my bag and used.
Both Demb and lumiquest do a great job. I like the results from Graslon. However they do take a lot of space in the bag and therefore I don't use them. Demb and Lumiquest takes up very little space. Almost next to nothing. Also since I have two flashes both with velcro permanently stuck, it just works really well. I only use the white reflectors. For tungsten lighting situations, I have CTO gel with velcro which i stick in front of flash and then the diffusers. Over many trial and errors, this option is most practical, quick, and feasible with decent results. Hope this helps.