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The SunDisc is a Reflector and Softbox in One

Chris Gampat
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11/24/2015
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Last Updated on 11/24/2015 by Chris Gampat

Sundisc

A brand new Kickstarter is looking to change the way that photographers use light modifiers. It’s called the SunDisc–and it’s a new product that tries to solve the problem of whether a photographer should pull out their reflector or their softbox. To do this, the SunDisc provides multiple surfaces such as reflective white, silver or soft gold. When you want to use it as a softbox, you just take the reflective surface off and expand the reflector’s body to function as a softbox.

To use the SunDisc as a softbox, the user needs to put the flash in through the bottom where the light shoots upward and then out towards the subject. When this is done, you can hope for no hot spots (as a result of flash) in your image due to the middle area of the box being blacked out. Because of this design, it functions a bit like a softbox and a beauty dish in one but doesn’t quite lean either way. I don’t believe that this is the most efficient way of using light either, but I haven’t seen the insides of the SunDisc yet.

Because of the design, the SunDisc currently only holds speedlights and hot shoe flashes.

The Sundisc measures in at being around 24 inches, which I generally don’t think that this is large enough of a reflector. You need at least something in the 40 inch range to get more coverage on a person unless you’re shooting very tight portraits. With a 5 inch depth, there also isn’t a lot of room for your flash to bounce around.

Despite the initial flaws I’m finding with the design, I genuinely hope that it takes off and works for product and food photography. A larger version is needed for proper portraiture; though this version would be incredible for tight portraits and food photography.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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