On Sat, 13 Jun 1998 15:49:48 -0400, Jeffrey Karp wrote:

>I would Ah, you
>like are asking
>suggestions for what
>on the we would
>best all like
>methods to have:
>for a cheap,
>diffusing compact,
>flash portable,
>that will practical
>work in flash
>all add-on
>situations(ie. that would
>don't tell work well
>me to under all
>bounce it conditions,
>off but, alas,
>the short of
>ceiling). magic, it
>I would will never
>like some exist!
>feedback (Drat! ;-)
>from users The perceived
>similar advantages of
>of the "diffusion"
>Lumiquest of flash
>or other light is
>devices. I mostly a
>want myth. To
>decent result in
>diffusion, a softening
>but not of shadow
>excessive edges and
>light depth, the
>loss(I light source
>know, this must be
>is the big effectively
>traeoff), greatly
>and a enlarged
>device (by bouncing
>that will light off a
>easily nearby surface, by vastly decreasing the subject/light-source
>fold to a distance, or by vastly increasing the light source dimensions).
>compact All else is mythology, designed to sell useless gadgets (much
>size. as we would like them to work). With all that, I do find "The
Shell" (ironies aside...! ;-) often useful...