Nah the diffuser is to “break”/diffuse the harsh light of the flash and make it softer and more even. You’ll avoid any highlights and the lighting will look much more natural
It’s a must have for macro photography with a flash imho
What you mean Dom are these bouncers that look similar which you usually hold in hand or someone else holds them to make use of the Natural light and redirect it
Technicaly you could use the diffuser above as a bouncer aswell
The way you describe the EX800ST’s bass as a “giant box fan” versus the Singularity’s “high RPM bursts” is a good analogy. Helps paint a picture of how the two differ in attack and impact.
It makes sense that the Singularity’s DD might be tuned for faster response and efficiency, especially if the shell acoustics are helping control the resonance. A lot of older basshead sets had that overwhelming sub-bass presence but lacked the control and speed that newer tech brings. The EX800ST was definitely a legend in its time, but as you said, bass expectations have evolved quite a lot thanks to new tech and brands expanding the realms of possibilities.
I have never, ever used the pop-up flash on any of my cameras and the ones I have now don’t even have pop-up flashes so that was the last way of using that thing I would have guessed… but you make a good point.
The picture is a bit misleading as you can´t really see a flash being used…the small popup flash may hide behind it or may not 
Works with the bigger flashes on the hotshoemount aswell
And this is how it looks If you go fully bonkers
I assume its this?
hmm is it beneficial even if I have lots of LED panels and isnt lacking in lighting?
@Rinderkappajoe how do you take that pic (first one)? Is it with the flash method aimed upwards?
I meant these things here
https://www.galaxus.de/de/s1/product/kf-concept-5-in-1-circular-photography-reflector-107cm-with-handle-grip-gold-sliver-black-white-tran-47303644
A diffuser is Always beneficial especially If you have reflective surfaces because you will see every single Led in the reflection…i saw that already in one of your pictures…can’t remember which one.
Can you change the temperature of your LED lights?
If not you can also change temperature in Cam…my flash shots are usually arround 5000 Kelvin.
You can always change white balance later aswell but it’s better If it’s already as true to natural light as possible.
No the flash is directly aimed at the subject with the setup i posted above.
Flashpower was a bit high therefore i had to reduce the Highlights in post quite a bit
aa that type. A lot cheaper on ali lol.
my led panels should already have a diffuser adapter on though but yeah I can still see them sometimes.
But none of my pics have been taken with flash though.
Yes I can, 2 of them even give me the kelvin value.
hmm iirc natural should be 5600K?
hmm interesting, was the room entirely dark besides the flash then? Can this be done with my stock flash?
I changed the thread name for obvious reasons.
Thanks for contributing to the photography talk, boys!
No I did not shoot in a darkroom hehe 
If you are close to a subject with a flash and there is nothing behind the subject it will automatically black out the backround
In insect macro photography you usually don´t want that as you wanna show the insect in its surrounding so you try to have something in the background like grass, leaves and so on.
In the pictures above the IEMs were also placed on the black box which helped aswell to creat that effect
Don´t know if the internal flash will do.
Yeah and maybe something to direct the light only in this direction so nothing gets lost
This is a good channel for macro beginners
oh lol that is a ghetto setup.
With the stock popup flash I dunno if that one would work though. Maybe taping some toilet paper around it would work lol.
sooner or later you´ll want to invest in a proper flash anyway 
Godox V350s is very good but also quite expensive
There are cheaper options from MEIKE
The one im looking at it is this.
Needs a receiver/transmitter though.
Thought this would work
but
Do you know any budget ones that works with my Sony A6100? Dont care about wireless trigger but at least I want to be able to have the flash away from the camera if needed and trigger when I take the pic.
This seems to work.
Those shells nylon, ceramic?
Aluminium alloy (AlSi10Mg)
Oh boy, you cooking up something new?! 
Just tried to order some metal shell but Im not sure I use them since the finish is pretty rough and not as comfortable (besides the heavier weight which is detrimental in bud shells).
Current proto buds is for a Grand Caster 3 though.
