Looks Like a Lamp Shade ;-)

[LASTOLITE]

Watched a pro photographer yesterday at a wedding - he was using his flash for 90% of the outside shots - switching to a body with a longer lens every now and then with no flash

anyway that aside - on his flash was a dome - looked like a wall light type lamp shade upsidedown - any ideas what it was - I couldn't ask him I was over the other side of the road in my car - just stopped to have a look at the form

Driving home the thought dawned on me - That there may have been some nice girls there - but I was looking at the snapper with the lampshade:shrug:
:shake:

 

[Biko]

Sounds like a Gary Fong Lightsphere or similar type

 

[LASTOLITE]

Hi there - just googled that and yes looks very similar

are these any good? I am about to buy a Nikon SB600 or a 900 and was wondering what people do to soften light?

 

[david1701]

my friend rates them, I need to have a play with one

 

[HoppyUK]

Hi there - just googled that and yes looks very similar

are these any good? I am about to buy a Nikon SB600 or a 900 and was wondering what people do to soften light?

If you have a ceiling to bounce off, Stofen or similar is very good. I think the Nikon SB900 comes with one, doesn't it?

Then again, a bounce card is pretty good, often built-in, or like this www.abetterbouncecard.com

I like this one - Lumiquest Quik Bounce http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-lumiquest-quik-bounce/p1031217 Does everything pretty well including a little bit of softening when you haven't got a ceiling. It's also more efficient and doesn't waste light like the Fong squirting light behind you.

 

[LASTOLITE]

I think the Nikon SB900 comes with one, doesn't it?

Great! something else I do not have to buy - I am looking to buy an SB900 any time now

Don't suppose you know anywhere selling them at a discount

Hey HoppyUK - Know anything about these Gary Fong Lightsphere diffusers? - They do seem very popular with the wedding snappers at the moment - saw another one at the church round the corner as I passed today! - Blimey there like buses

 

[onform]

Great! something else I do not have to buy - I am looking to buy an SB900 any time now

Don't suppose you know anywhere selling them at a discount

Hey HoppyUK - Know anything about these Gary Fong Lightsphere diffusers? - They do seem very popular with the wedding snappers at the moment - saw another one at the church round the corner as I passed today! - Blimey there like buses

OHH No you didn't....can of worms......hey where's the popcorn smile gone????

 

[Slipper-one]

Sounds like the Interfit Strobies http://www.interfitphotographic.com/Strobies/Strobies%20index.html

 

[HoppyUK]

Great! something else I do not have to buy - I am looking to buy an SB900 any time now

Don't suppose you know anywhere selling them at a discount

Hey HoppyUK - Know anything about these Gary Fong Lightsphere diffusers? - They do seem very popular with the wedding snappers at the moment - saw another one at the church round the corner as I passed today! - Blimey there like buses

The Fong works like a Stofen and other similar dome-type diffusers, that cost a lot less and don't look so silly - like the diffuser cap I think you get free with an SB900. They all need a bounce surface to work with, when they are very effective; if you don't, they aren't.

 

[LASTOLITE]

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Originally Posted by LASTOLITE View Post
Great! something else I do not have to buy - I am looking to buy an SB900 any time now

Don't suppose you know anywhere selling them at a discount

Hey HoppyUK - Know anything about these Gary Fong Lightsphere diffusers? - They do seem very popular with the wedding snappers at the moment - saw another one at the church round the corner as I passed today! - Blimey there like buses

OHH No you didn't....can of worms......hey where's the popcorn smile gone????

:shrug:

 

[Cameraman]

i got one of those fong types and it came with an orange cup, a clear one and a diffused one. Anyone know which is used for which purpose

 

[HoppyUK]

i got one of those fong types and it came with an orange cup, a clear one and a diffused one. Anyone know which is used for which purpose

Orange one is for slow-sync flash when you want to balance the colour of the flash with the yellow/orange of artifical light (tungsten bulb). Be sure to set the white balance to tungsten when you use it.

The clear one will give harder shadows to the direct fill-in part of the light.

 

[corbystock]

Lambancy (i think the're called ) are alot cheaper