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Sto-Fen Gold.

Having used various Sto-Fen diffusers over the years,this is one of the best,lovely wrap around light with no apparent hot spots.I've just ordered two more.

Works wel,l but is it any better than the plain white version?

The Sto-Fen Gold Omni-Bounce works well for most indoor shots with my 580 EX-II. Because of the rubber edge strips on the EX-II it fits a lot tighter than on the original 580 EX and can sometimes be a little hard to remove from the flash.

I also have a Omni-Bounce for the 430 EX flash and was pleased to find that it can stack completely inside of the slightly larger 580 models (white or gold) so saves valuable space in my carry case.

As is clearly stated by Sto-Fen, the Omni-Bounce costs 2.5 stops, but with a 580 EX and shooting at ISO 400, that's really not a concern.

The gold color does create a pleasing warming of most skin tones, but I'm not convinced that it's any different than just adjusting the color temperature setting in Photoshop, Aperture or Canon's DPP, or just using a manual camera color temp. offset to warm the image instead of using the automatic color temp. setting. This might be a worthwhile accessory for a "point and shoot" camera (with only automatic setting of flash CT) but anyone using it on a 580EX will have a DSLR and plenty of image processing software.

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It took longer than expected but arrived as described in good condition. Plus customer service was very helpful and responded to my e-mail in a timely fashion.

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Very useful tool where you might least expect it.

I use this with my Canon 580EXII flash and love it. I often use it indoors to warm up flash filled shots but also found it great outdoors too. I like to use it when doing portraits outdoors where there may be bright sunlight and heavy shading. It seems to let you take advantage of the bright sunlight yet get rid of heavy shadows on faces, etc.

The Green and Gold Omni Units are used for special lighting situations.1 . The Green for Fluorescent Lighting in conjunction with an FLD or 30M filter on the Camera Lens.2. The Gold for Warming Skin tones and for overall warming in flash filled available light shots.3. They are mounted the same as the regular Omni for your Flash Unit.

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