I love tinkering with light modifiers, whether home-made or consumer. The number of easy and affordable modifiers for shoe-mount flash units is expanding as more vendors release their own version(s). Using this type of modifier increases the usefulness of shoe-mount flashes and provides a convenient way to supply mobile light opportunities. Aurora has released their own line of shoe-mount flash modifiers including bounce cards, soft boxes and snoot. Similar to other products of this type, the Aurora units attach via Velcro strip and are collapsible for easy storage.
A while back I picked up a folding softbox from Opteka for my shoe-mount flash which doesn’t look as well constructed as the Aurora, but it does the job well enough. These modifiers do a great job of softening the harsh light from the flash, and at twelve bucks for the Opteka, I can’t complain about the construction. The Aurora softbox units are in the forty dollar range, but they are definitely built better and I like the look of these units, especially the snoot. $23.95 is a reasonable price for such an attachment. Joe Farace has posted an excellent article for Shutterbug covering these new products, including field testing and sample images.
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