Lumiquest Pocket Bouncer
by LumiQuest
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Lumiquest Pocket Bouncer
Customer Review: A Little Bounce Goes A Long Way
Summary: 4 Stars
I have a Canon 430EX flash unit and I wanted to be able to add some bounce ability and control, with or without a ceiling present. Then it also depends on the height of the ceiling that is present. This intelligent little unit unfolds and attachs to Velcro(tm), hook-n-loop fastened around the flash head. I purchased the LUMIQUEST Cinch Strap - Easily attach and remove flash bounce as I did not want to attach the double sticky-back Velcro(tm) directly to my flash unit. The Cinch Strap takes care of that and works like a champ.
This unit folds nicely for inserting a space the size of a small camera (read Canon S5 IS) and installs in seconds and allows one to go from shooting with the flash unit head in a direct vertical position down to a few angles below directly vertical.
It bounces light well and works great with the TTL features of the Canon 430EX and Canon camera.
It works to soften light and to soften shadows.
It gets a great THUMBS UP!! from me.
Customer Review: Handy gadget! Worth the modest price.
Summary: 5 Stars
Every once in a while a really handy little device shows up in the marketplace: the pocket bouncer is one of them. I especially like to use bounce flash for macro exposures, and I take a lot of them. My wife sells vintage jewelery online, and we've taken hundreds of macro pictures for her sales. Bounce flash is especially useful for reducing glaring reflections from polished surfaces and gemstones. Prior to owning this handy ProMax Pocket Bouncer we would jury-rig a large sheet of white foam core above our layout table:a bit of a nuisance.
Two other nice things about the pocket bouncer: When not in use, it folds flat, and takes little room in my gadget bag, and, by supplying our own Velcro attachment strips, we can use it with more than one flash unit (We have three).
Customer Review: Great tool for outdoors and macro
Summary: 5 Stars
I got mine back in may 2008 and so far never been more happy with the results i am getting from this bouncer. The design can't be better, it folds flat so it fits a back pockets of a regular jeans with no problem and makes it easier to store it in a camera bag full of lenses, filters and cameras (my case). If you shoot a lot outdoors or with very high ceilings then this is the tool you should get to have the proper lighting under almost any situation. And if you have more than one flash or just want to add some flexibility i suggest you to also buy the LumiQuest Cinch Strap to complete the kit.
Isaac
Customer Review: Useful outdoors but not indoors with good ceilings
Summary: 3 Stars
If you are indoors and have adequate walls/ceilings with which to bounce your light against, then this pocket bouncer is a total waste.
It directs too much of the light forward and is almost as bad as direct flash!! You might as well not use it.
But if you're outdoors, then I can see it being somewhat useful as it will give a larger apparent area of light and so cause softer shadows.
Its just not anywhere as nice as the light you get from bouncing off the ceiling or walls.
I think there's an alternative one meant for indoors that lets you open the top up so that light can bounce up against the ceiling. That would actually be a much better bouncer for indoor use.
Customer Review: good but not great
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a nice concept, but in reality I do not see that much of a difference with its use. I prefer to bounce straight up.
Also, the method of attachment is bad. I have three flashes and don't want to permanently stick stuff on them. So I had to use rubber bands to hold it, which makes it more difficult to manage.