Lumiquest LQ-051D Soft Screen Pop-Up Digital Camera Flash Diffuser

by LumiQuest

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 0.1 x 4 inches ; 1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000B5H2BE
• Item model number: LQ-051D/LQ-051
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #18 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Lighting > Lighting Controls & Modifiers > Diffusers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

Diffuse your pop up flash and prevent red eye. Quick and convenient to put on & take off. This is the answer to most on camera flash problems. Light loss is about 2/3 of a stop

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not so good on Nikon D80, August 2, 2007

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R. P. Poletti "Just a guy" (Hillsboro, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lumiquest LQ-051D Soft Screen Pop-Up Digital Camera Flash Diffuser (Electronics)

Looking at the reviews some love this and some find it so-so. I think the real difference in experience depends on your camera.

The Nikon D80 built-in flash juts forward more than the flash on the camera shown. The result is that the flash is pushed right up against the diffuser screen. If the screen was further from the flash, I am sure it would work better.

As it is, this does not really work well for my Nikon D80.

However, for my older 35mm SLR, a Nikon N70, this works well because there is sufficient distance between the flash and the screen.

Bottom line: If you have a Nikon D80, this will not help much.

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE!!!, February 8, 2007

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A. Obannon (Roselle, NJ) - See all my reviews
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What a great product. I purchase this item before I went on a weekend trip to visit a friend and the pictures came out perfect. If you have a slr camera and you can control the flash output, this is a must have. I was gonna buy an external flash for my olympus E-500, but after purchasing this item I've changed my mind. I only wanted the external flash to bounce the light off the ceiling to have a more natural look. I really didn't need the zoom feature of the flash gun. I just wanted pleasing light for the typical family picture. I must say, after experimenting with this diffuser, I no longer need the speedlight. All my indoor photos are come out great. Check out my group picture. I had my camera set to Shutter priority mode: 1/20 sec, F.No. 3.6, Flash: 2nd curtain slow sync, flash exp: + 2.0 at ISO 100. My lens was set at 16.0 mm from about ten feet away. I increase the flash exposure to try to illuminate as much of the scene as I could. I think it came out good, almost like I bounced the flash off of the ceiling. I use the slow snyc 2nd curtain so i could capture the light coming off of the lamp. Please comment if this helped your decision. I LOVE THIS PRODUCT!

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Great on Canon Rebel XTi, June 15, 2008

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A. KEITH "space man" (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews
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As this product was advertised to be designed for the Nikon cameras, I was a little hesitatnt to get it for my Canon Rebel XTi.

But the price was good and several of the reviews implied that it would work with other cameras' flashes; so I took a chance.

It works great! It even includes instructions for what you need to do to trim the part of the diffuser into the hot-shoe of the Canon Rebel XTi's. The Canon Rebel XTi (maybe others, too) hot-shoe has a very small micro-switch right at the anterior end of the hot-shoe's right channel that, if depressed, disables the on-camera flash unit. So you have to trip a very small little square of the diffuser's hot-shoe insert to make sure that the little micro-switch doesn't get inadvertantly depressed.

When I first go the diffuser, in great haste to try it out, I had neglected to do that little trimming. The result was the my on-camer flash refused to work. At first I was frustrated and just little angry. Then, with a little experimenting, I found out that I could get the flash to work if i didn't push the diffuser's tab so far into the hot-shoe.

That got me to pondering if there might some sage words of wisdom in the instructions (which I am natorioulsly bad about *not* readin) and low 'n behold, there were very nice, clear, and definitive instructions for exactly how to use the difusser with my Rebel.

A couple of little snips with some scissors and everything was perfect.

I have now taken about 200 pictures using this little device and I can say that it is truly amazing! It folds flat and fits nicely and without bulk into my shoulder camear case; so I have this little difusser with me at all times.

I normally use an off-camera flash and difussers on it; but at times it is just not practical to use that off-camera flash. This little difuser really fills in the gap and my flash photos have taken a noticable and pleasant turn for the better.

I would gladly and heartily recommend this diffuser to anyone looking for a difusser for their on-camera flash.