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Picture-43.jpgIt’s an old trick, but it’s a goodie: If you find yourself in a pinch and need to bounce the flash off a compact camera, grab a piece of white card (my credit card has come in more times than I care to admit – good job they wouldn’t give me a Mastercard Gold, because that would have eskewed the white balance :), and hold it at a 45° angle in front of the flash. That way, the flash will bounce via the ceiling, and you get far softer lighting than with a direct flash.

It is a bit hit-and-miss, and it means that the light sensor on your compact camera has to determine that the flash has to fire with higher intensity, but it’s better than nothing.

A better solution would be to build a flash-bouncer yourself…

Which is where Reflectors & Shades comes in handy. It shows a way you can build a flash bouncer out of aluminium. The instructions apply for a Nikon 990, but the general idea is the same for all cameras.

It costs next to nothing, and the results can be significant. Bonus!

Money made from this advert will be invested in prime lenses.
This post, "Compact camera flash deflector", is part of these categories: All articles, was posted by Haje Jan Kamps and saw the light of day on the 12th of April 2006. I hope you liked it.
 

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