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Denise A. Zabor 		 

Gary Fong Lightsphere


I have a Canon 20d and am purchasing the 580 ex II speedlight. I have seen several wedding photographers who use Gary Fong's lightsphere for almost all their flash work with wonderful results. Any one out there use this product? Any feed back would be helpful.
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April 30, 2007

 

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Gary Fong's Lightspheres provide very nice, soft, diffused light.

There is a trade-off, though: it cuts your flash' range by 2/3rds and you can only get shallow DoF. Not deep.

Have fun!


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April 30, 2007

 

robert G. Fately 		 
 
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Actualy, Denise, I think the Lightsphere is the best light diffuser on the market - better than the Sto-Fen and Lumiquests I had, plus it eliminates the need to use a flash bracket. I'm even considering getting his new Whale-tail, which looks to be another improvement (though the flexibility of the Lightsphere is nice for transport purposes).

I'm attaching a shot I took last week of a local womens' b-ball team - this was outside, ISO800 (I was indoors using available light so that's the setting I had). As you can see, it allowed for pretty even illumination across the group, at a distance of from about 8 to 14 feet. This was with a D200, 17-35 f2.8, SB800. Obviously, I post-procesed it to reduce the size, so it's pixellated, but the point is to show you the lighting - hope this helps.


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