Do you think this works?

I have been having a heck of a problem with Red Eye up close on my Canon
A80. I saw this on ebay and wanted to know if folks thought it would work.
It is called a flashclip and it deflects the flash away from the subject.

http://www.flashclip.net/FlashClip%20Home.html

This is not a sales pitch, I am really trying to determine if it will work.
Please let me know you thoughts.

Thanks,

"New Guy" wrote in message
...
I have been having a heck of a problem with Red Eye up close on my Canon
A80. I saw this on ebay and wanted to know if folks thought it would
work.
It is called a flashclip and it deflects the flash away from the subject.

http://www.flashclip.net/FlashClip%20Home.html

This is not a sales pitch, I am really trying to determine if it will
work.
Please let me know you thoughts.

Thanks,


Would of thought it wouldn't be too difficult to make one your self - a
piece of semi-translucent plastic held in place with a lump of blutak or
similar would soon prove if the idea works, and also show if your flash has
enough power in it to overcome the extra distance the light would have to
travel to bounce properly.

Personally I just stick a bit of tissue paper over the flash with a strip of
clear tape.

....

"New Guy" wrote in message
...
I have been having a heck of a problem with Red Eye up close on my Canon
A80. I saw this on ebay and wanted to know if folks thought it would
work.
It is called a flashclip and it deflects the flash away from the subject.

http://www.flashclip.net/FlashClip%20Home.html

This is not a sales pitch, I am really trying to determine if it will
work.
Please let me know you thoughts.

Thanks,


Would of thought it wouldn't be too difficult to make one your self - a
piece of semi-translucent plastic held in place with a lump of blutak or
similar would soon prove if the idea works, and also show if your flash has
enough power in it to overcome the extra distance the light would have to
travel to bounce properly.

Personally I just stick a bit of tissue paper over the flash with a strip of
clear tape.

....

"New Guy" wrote in message
...
I have been having a heck of a problem with Red Eye up close on my Canon
A80. I saw this on ebay and wanted to know if folks thought it would
work.
It is called a flashclip and it deflects the flash away from the subject.

http://www.flashclip.net/FlashClip%20Home.html

This is not a sales pitch, I am really trying to determine if it will
work.
Please let me know you thoughts.

Thanks,

Red eye is causes when the angle of the lens to the eyes is too close to the
angle of the flash to the eyes. This little contraption would likely NOT
help much with red-eye. If anything, it will work as a *slight* diffuser,
but will not take the place of bouncing. What it MAY do is spread the light
wider so that you don't get strong central lighting that drops off severely
at the edges.

If the plastic piece could be held farther out in front of the flash, and be
wider, so as not to create a shadow of the piece itself in the image, it
might help a bit with harsh shadowing of wrinkles, etc.

What I think MIGHT work would be some sort of reverse periscope contraption,
that directs the light upward and then forward from a wider opening. This
would get the flash away from the lens...reducing red-eye for sure.

"New Guy" wrote in message
...
I have been having a heck of a problem with Red Eye up close on my Canon
A80. I saw this on ebay and wanted to know if folks thought it would
work.
It is called a flashclip and it deflects the flash away from the subject.

http://www.flashclip.net/FlashClip%20Home.html

This is not a sales pitch, I am really trying to determine if it will
work.
Please let me know you thoughts.

I have no idea how the A80 meters flash. If it does it by firing a
pre-flash, then you can divert or diffuse the flash output. For example,
with a white ceiling that's not too far away, you can bounce the flash off
of the ceiling and eliminate red eye. Doing this with a built-in flash is a
bit dicey but might be possible.

"New Guy" wrote in message
...
I have been having a heck of a problem with Red Eye up close on my Canon
A80. I saw this on ebay and wanted to know if folks thought it would
work.
It is called a flashclip and it deflects the flash away from the subject.

http://www.flashclip.net/FlashClip%20Home.html

This is not a sales pitch, I am really trying to determine if it will
work.
Please let me know you thoughts.

I have no idea how the A80 meters flash. If it does it by firing a
pre-flash, then you can divert or diffuse the flash output. For example,
with a white ceiling that's not too far away, you can bounce the flash off
of the ceiling and eliminate red eye. Doing this with a built-in flash is a
bit dicey but might be possible.

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:49:36 -0500, "New Guy"
wrote:

I have been having a heck of a problem with Red Eye up close on my Canon
A80. I saw this on ebay and wanted to know if folks thought it would work.
It is called a flashclip and it deflects the flash away from the subject.

Anything that diffuses your flash would help, but to what degree? Who
knows? I wouldn't pay $15 for one.

"New Guy" wrote in
:

I have been having a heck of a problem with Red Eye up close on my
Canon A80. I saw this on ebay and wanted to know if folks thought it
would work. It is called a flashclip and it deflects the flash away
from the subject.

http://www.flashclip.net/FlashClip%20Home.html

This is not a sales pitch, I am really trying to determine if it will
work. Please let me know you thoughts.

OK - let us analyze the pros and cons

pros
+ the bounced light will hit the roof and create
a much softer lightning totally without red eye
problems.
+ the diffusion will soften and spread the light
and thereby create a much more even lightning.

cons
- there might be problems with determining the correct
exposure - so you might get underexposed pictures.
- the internal flash is very weak - so you might get
underexposed pictures.
- the diffused direct light will still cause red eyes
as it has not been moved away from the lens.
- the bounced light will probably be too weak to
have any real effect. (This is the greatest con IMHO.
Bouncing light needs STRONG flashes.)
- $15 for a piece of plastic? Not all that much money,
but for a piece of plastic?


/Roland

"New Guy" wrote in
:

I have been having a heck of a problem with Red Eye up close on my
Canon A80. I saw this on ebay and wanted to know if folks thought it
would work. It is called a flashclip and it deflects the flash away
from the subject.

http://www.flashclip.net/FlashClip%20Home.html

This is not a sales pitch, I am really trying to determine if it will
work. Please let me know you thoughts.

OK - let us analyze the pros and cons

pros
+ the bounced light will hit the roof and create
a much softer lightning totally without red eye
problems.
+ the diffusion will soften and spread the light
and thereby create a much more even lightning.

cons
- there might be problems with determining the correct
exposure - so you might get underexposed pictures.
- the internal flash is very weak - so you might get
underexposed pictures.
- the diffused direct light will still cause red eyes
as it has not been moved away from the lens.
- the bounced light will probably be too weak to
have any real effect. (This is the greatest con IMHO.
Bouncing light needs STRONG flashes.)
- $15 for a piece of plastic? Not all that much money,
but for a piece of plastic?


/Roland

Roland Karlsson wrote:

- $15 for a piece of plastic? Not all that much money,
but for a piece of plastic?

At least there is a money back period.

Gary Eickmeier