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Confused about flashes, are round flash heads better than rectangle flash heads? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by cricketmad14@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Hi All, I'm new to flash photography.

Many flashes now come with a round flash head. Are they better or worse than the old rectangle flash heads?

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[–] walrus_mach1@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

My favorite speedlight is the Godox V1. It's a round head. There are two things I like about it:

The round head has a bigger diffusion surface, so the light is slightly softer than a conventional speedlight at close range. This could be easily fixed with a diffuser, but I use it off-camera 90% of the time and space can be tight.
The round head has the magnetic accessory ring that i use constantly. If used with a grid, the projections around round, not weirdly rectangular.