Peter Gregg's Bettabounce Card:
cheap - can make them yourself or buy them from him online;
relies on a white surface (eg. roof, wall, white suit) to bounce main light as well as some light bouncing off the card.
cut out a trapezoid shaped card from a 6“x6.5” white foam sheet (Miracle from
CreativeHands from a craft store) creating a trapezoid with 6.5“ top and 4.5” bottom
adding a 2“ midline vertical black stripe reduces central hotspot which otherwise tends to cause unwanted specular reflections off shiny noses, chins, cheeks, foreheads and glasses (Peter's Feather-Light)
the card is then placed around the top of your flash held on by a wide rubber band.
uses 800ISO, f/4-5.6 bouncing off ceiling indoors, set shutter to almost match ambient lighting
can also be glued upside down onto the ring for a Quantum flash
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Rogue Flashbender bounce attachment
MagMod modifiers
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MAGMOD MagBeam Wildlife Kit gives a telephoto zoom effect with a diffuser
MAGBOX 24 OCTA - 24” octabox with focus diffuser to overpower the sun - dual flash strobes or Speedring adapters for most studio strobes
Flip-It:
Lumiquest ProMax Pocket Bouncer:
Lumiquest 80/20:
pros:
The shoot through and reflectors of the LumiQuest make less of a reduction to the flash power than does the Omni-bounce.
With the Pro-max kit inserts there is tremendous versatility…you can go from 100% bounce off the 80/20 or 80 off the ceiling. You can insert colored reflectors like a gold reflecter to produce a warmer tone.
Can be moved from flash to flash with only the addition of some extra velcro strips.
Larger light source than Omnibounce means shadows are softer (in pure diffusion mode.)
cons:
Big and bulky kit to carry and put on flash, may intimidate some subjects.
Requires velcro strips on flash.
Requires setup change when going from landscape to portrait flash orientation.
Sto-fen Omnibounce:
pros:
Small and portable.
Quick to attach.
Robust design…works with and without ceilings without set-up change.
Works in portrait and landscape mode without setup change.
Less expensive for a single flash.
cons:
Gary Fong's Lightsphere II:
flexible clear vinyl diffuser
similar to Sto-fen omnibounce but larger diffusion area
? better as a bouncer off ceiling whilst simultaneously providing direct diffused flash
optionally can be used with a dome diffuser without bouncing for use outdoors, etc.
Demb diffuser: