 Eileen Broderick |
Gary Fong's Lightsphere on 580EX Speedlite Okay. I have assisted at a couple of events using my 580EX on my Canon Digital Rebel and 20D and am really not happy with my flash shots in dark reception halls. Last night was in a huge, cavernous auditorium and even when my flash managed to light the subjects well enough, the background was almost always dark. Was using either the bounce card or an attachment I bought called Lumiquest--kind of a hood-like bounce card. (Ceiling was a mile high--not useful.)Yuck. Anyway--the 2 other shooters showed up with brand new Lightspheres and were getting WAY better results. Gorgeous. I am definitely ordering. Has anyone using a Speedlite 580EX gotten one? What size? Their chart suggests the P4/C4 but then suggests you do your own measurements to verify and I think their measurements seem small. Their return policy seems vague so I don't want to be stuck with one that doesn't fit. Just wondering...Other feedback on general use of Lightsphere useful too. Thanks!
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
The light sphere actually works the same way as a bounce card, some light goes up to bounce off the ceiling, some goes forward and is diffused a little by the white plastic. I'm not going to tell you don't buy it, but the difference in what you got and what the other guy got who had the light sphere may have been using a higher power setting so that the light that bounced off such a high ceiling was strong enough to illuminate the background. Or it could have even been the aperture they used. Maybe they had a bigger aperture so that ambient light filled in. Or brought down their shutter speed for that matter.
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Jon Close |
In the situation described, the 580EX is going to fire at full power. Adding a Lightsphere or any other type of diffuser will not help light the area beyond the subject. I agree with Gregory that the others getting good results gave more exposure to background by (a) shooting higher ISO, (b) larger aperture, (c) longer shutter speed.
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Eileen Broderick |
Thanks for your input, guys.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
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