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📸 Enhance Your Underwater Photography with the Olympus FD-1 Waterproof Flash Diffuser for TG-1,2,3,4,5 & 6 Cameras, White Review

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Description of 📸 Enhance Your Underwater Photography with the Olympus FD-1 Waterproof Flash Diffuser for TG-1,2,3,4,5 & 6 Cameras, White

Improved light distribution makes your subject stand out. Perfect for capturing moving subjects up close and for shooting underwater macro. Features a Light intensity adjustment lever that allows you to either high or low output. Illumination distance 2 to 30 cm. Although the FD-1 will attach to the tg-1/2/3, some features are not fully supported.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Produces macro wonders

Any serious macro photographer knows that a flash is required for acceptable color and exposure. Most also know that a diffuser is essential to ensure even lighting and avoid harsh, ugly shadows. That fits the bill. As mentioned, there are two diffusers you can use on the TG series: LG-1 (LED) and FD-1 (flash or this). The FD-1 has many advantages, it is much more powerful and can work over long distances. It's also more modern and, unlike the LG-1, can operate underwater. The FD-1 finally has…

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  • No power

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Buy LG-1 instead of FD-1

Two flash diffusers for macro photography are available for Olympus Stylus TG cameras (I tried both on the TG-4). FD-1 and LG-1. The LG-1 is by far the better of the two, and it's also 20% cheaper than the FD-1. The FD-1 requires the use of a flash instead of an LED light, while the LG-1 uses an LED light. and does not work with Flash. The LG-1 evenly illuminates the subject and you can see the subject clearly as the LED lights up when you press the shutter button halfway. The FD-1 glows…

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  • So far, so good

The LG-1 worked well and I bought the FD-1 thinking it was an upgrade. It is not. They work differently and have different uses. The LG-1 directs continuous light onto a ring around the lens. The FD-1 is a diffuser that can also work with LED permanent light. The FD-1 fires the flash at the lens and then forward, but doesn't surround the lens with even lighting. For very close-up shots with a microscope setting, especially with a focus overlay setting, the LG-1 offers even illumination around…

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