Originally posted by jibbonpoint
Great shots. I do have this lens; purchased about six months ago. Has anyone had success indoors with flash? I've the F360z & I can't seem to do any good at all. I've deleted the few attempts I've made.
Can't help you specifically with the 10-20 and flash (but thanks to this thread it is on my wishlist and short-listed!), but for any wide-angle flash work, you really need to use a "dome-type" diffuser. Yes, it limits the distance and power of your flash, but point the thing up with a plastic blob on it and it
will light up your wide angle field of view.
Most motorized flashes (like the 360) only go to about 24mm FOV, and their little "plop-up" diffuser panels do jack. Get an Omnibounce or a cheap knock-off of a Gary Fong (google them), or make one out of translucent white tupperware. Looks silly, but does the trick!
To keep more of your flash power going forward (the above plastic diffusers scatter the light 360 degrees), you could also go "turbo-silly" and build one of these:
DIY Reflector-Diffuser
Here is a pic of Gooshin (from this very forum) trying my DIY wide-angle bounce diffuser out:
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Not taken with a Sigma 10-20mm!)