lmorin
Contributor
I have a Canon A570IS camera that I quite enjoy. My wife gave me an Inon mount base for the UW case, plus a close-up lens as a birthday present purchased from Reef Photo. During recent travel to a dive destination, the flash diffuser on the mount base fractured into many pieces. I have tried to obtain another, but have had no success. I have been told by Reef Photo that this part, a 50 cent piece of molded translucent plastic, is not available from Inon. I have further been told by Reef Photo that because Inon won't make the diffuser available to them, Reef Photo will not make any effort to help me out. So, I am p*ssed. Reef Photo would rather have me buy a whole new mount base for $65 than provide me with a diffuser (which they could surely get if they really wanted to be helpful). Well, I won't do that and the store can go stuff itself, having lost my business over a 50 cent item. A pox on both Inon and Reef Photo.
For what it is worth, I am fairly handy and have tried making my own diffusers, but they do not work well. Probably because they do not have the distinctly molded shape of the original that serves to funnel light in the necessary directions. If anyone has a solution to the 50 cent piece problem, I'd appreciate seeing it.
For what it is worth, I am fairly handy and have tried making my own diffusers, but they do not work well. Probably because they do not have the distinctly molded shape of the original that serves to funnel light in the necessary directions. If anyone has a solution to the 50 cent piece problem, I'd appreciate seeing it.