July 24, 2005
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NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT – THE DELTA DIFFUSER!
We don’t mess around here at Gary
Fong, Inc. This new product should be out in about three weeks,
and we already have the patent applications in process for worldwide
patents. I am so freaking excited about this product because it
is BADLY NEEDED!
As you all know, I am a
newly-converted point-and-shoot freak. But I love the quality of
lighting I was getting from the Lightsphere II �. Lighting in
digital is so extremely touchy because of the high contrast of most
digital cameras. So the Lightsphere is great for larger cameras
with separate flashes.. But how could we diffuse from a point and
shoot? The high contrast ratio from digital would mean that
anything that came remotlely close to the front of the lens would flare
badly. And I wanted something that would work with ALL
point-and-shoot digital cameras… so here’s my INVENTION!
It
is a radical design. You see, all point-and-shoot digital cameras
have this crazy teeny tiny flash that looks like a freaking spotlight
when you take photos of your friends. So what I have done is
invented
a flat delta-shaped filter wedge that uses mini pyramids to further
disperse the light. When the light hits the rear of the panel,
the tiny pyramids send light all over the place, lighting up the entire
wedge and giving you the same shape lighting source as my famous
Lightsphere II!
And, as you probably have
guessed, since the flash hits this panel, light goes backwards as well,
helping to light the room up and give a more natural look. Since
we are using a really clear material for this product, lighting
efficiency is maximized!
The interior of the mounting
surface has flexible “fingers” to enable this unit to fit basically any
point-and-shoot without converters.
STAY TUNED TO THIS WEBSITE!
I WILL ADD IT TO THE CART AND IT WILL BE ON SALE IN A FEW WEEKS!
YAY!!! NO MORE CRAPPY DIGITAL SNAPSHOTS!
Comments (1)
Nice mini-pyramids concept, but still I don’t see how that’s a viable solution to ugly flash pictures. To claim that the tiny flash on a p+s will bounce off multiple surfaces beginning by going backwards and have any effect on the picture is a little far reach to start with. Even with fairly decent flash power and high iso like the f10, you’ve virtually no control over flash output, it’ll not automatically compensate as required to maintain an accurate flash exposure while a diffuser is attached; I guess having a directly lit subject is better than to have it underexposed, although I don’t know exactly how much light this gadget will rob, maybe the mini-pyramids will really transmit a large percentage of light yet dispersing them!
Innovative nevertheless.
-Nick