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Turn any environment into a professional studio with this Gary Fong kit, featuring a broad range of tools for fashion, commercial, and portrait photography. It’s built around the Lightsphere Collapsible flash diffuser, which mounts easily and securely to your flash and provides soft omnidirectional light for indoor shoots and beautiful fill light for outdoor shoots Read More
I am the same opinion as many others here,
save your money for light modifiers that are really useful (speed lights, strobes, umbrella, reflectors, soft box, ....)
I don't see the advantage here over very cheap gels and diffusers, not even talking about DIY tupperware's ....
SnowgooseflightThey are more for beginners / hobbists using them Occasionally. Frequently putting them on and off 1-3 times a day, flaps that holds on to the flash light will not last a year.
My wife and I bought this set about a year ago and we love it for portraiture and some settings in event/wedding photography. Definitely the best we've happened across. Despite what some others say, we found it to be fairly durable, unlike some others we've used in the past.
These are one of the biggest scams in photography industry. You can get same results from using a Tupperware as diffuser. It is almost shameful how these companies can charge this much for this. not to mention looking like a dork with this big plastic on your flash. Just 5 dollar diffuser is sufficient and does the same thing. Just learn more about how lights behave and how to better control it with better understanding. Before and after picture these companies use to promote their products are mostly false. Google it and you will be surprised.
andypak01Just to add, I had this product, their whaletale in both big and small sizes, and gave them away to people. I am using just a $5 dollar diffuser with my 600EX speedlight, and get same results. also, don’t expect these to last. It has plastic flaps and you have to fasten it using a velcro. It breaks off within a year. One good thing that came out of this is that I have modified and cut it to cover the sun when it is directly in front of me For outside real estate Property photos. Don’t waste your money on this, and if you really want this huge thing on your flash, at least buy the one that fits your speedlight flash and it is in one solid piece. Don’t get the universal one with flaps that break off with repeated use. And ou will have to take it off since it is so huge every time you finish The shoot.
I am a professional photographer, I bought this about 5 years ago, I used it once and it was horrible. The most useless piece of equipment that I have ever had.
I'm an interior/real estaye photographer located in Oslo. I use anywhere from 1 to 6 Speedlights at the same time, I know very well how to use light modifiers, I have YEARS of DAILY experience with them, and this mod is one of the worst.
This looks like a really great idea. But I wonder if you really get the promised results with it. You do lose a lot of light shooting through domes like that, and a single light source is somewhat limited.
This warrants some more research. But does anyone know off the top of their heads whether this system is legit?
K.T.NAs everyone else has said, it's not a gimmick, but I only use mine when I'm photographing people. Indoors, I mostly use it without the dome so I can get some bounce flash. The biggest drawback is the size. The thing is bulky and clumsy feeling when mounted. You feel like you're carrying another small camera stacked on top of yours and there are a lot of times that I opt for just a standard diffuser, especially if I'm going to be switching between indoors and outdoors quickly. If you're on a one camera setup and you're shooting a live event, mounting and unmounting a light sphere is not practical.
Because of the size, it really really sticks out if you catch anything reflective in your photo. You'll notice a glaring white orb in windows. That's the other big drawback.
It's a great diffuser and probably a must have if you shoot a lot of people photos, but it's not really that useful for certain applications... but you can say that about anything.