Eliminating light to the back of the sphere is probably a plus in a big room. In a small room, it's probably a minus. Like all flash work, you have to use judgement and common sense. In a room with high ceilings, the lightsphere works best with the cap removed. In really large rooms or outdoors, shooting through the cap, as though it were a softbox, works very well. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Walt, > Show us a picture of your foil addition. > I presume you've seen nothing negative from eliminating the light to the back. > I've got a lightsphere coming after seeing Paul's(?) picture. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found another camera store here that carries the Lightsphere line. > > They had a Whale Tail but I wasn't impressed. > > I did but another LS, the clear one. When I got home I put a piece of > > aluminum foil on the back half to reflect the light forward. It makes > > a tremendous difference in the amount of light output. I can shoot > > across a big room at f/8 at iso 200 and get good exposures. I also > > noted that even with a vertical composition and the flash off to the > > side the light is still nice and no obvious shadow coming from the > > background. > > > > Walt > > > > On 6/18/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Bruce, > >> Yes, the Whale Tail is newer, and it's similar in concept to the > >> lightsphere. > I haven't met anyone who is using one yet. It seems to offer even more > options > than the lightsphere, but it may suck up more light. I don't know for > certain. > The Lightsphere is pretty much proven in use, so I'm going to have a go with > it > for now. > >> Paul > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow > the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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