Gary Fong's Lightspere: For those of you who are interested ... [Archive]

JMHPhotography

8th of June 2006 (Thu), 14:28

The infamous Lightphere (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=search&Q=&b=2102&mnp=0.0&mxp=0.0&shs=&ci=8944&ac=&Submit.x=23&Submit.y=11) is available now at B&H

Davis

8th of June 2006 (Thu), 19:16

For a nice inflated price I see too.

thebrewer

8th of June 2006 (Thu), 20:24

For a nice inflated price I see too.
Looks like a whole dollar more than Gary sells them for himself! 100 pennies may be a dealbreaker for some! :)

Titus213

8th of June 2006 (Thu), 22:34

I just recently pulled the old LSII out and shot some photos of the grandkids. Its' still a rather amazing piece of plastic for around the house shooting IMO.

JaertX

8th of June 2006 (Thu), 23:57

For a nice inflated price I see too.

heh heh...yeah, but GF inflated the price, not B&H.

that said, I do like using it, it works like it's supposed to...not in all situations, but it has it's place.

Would be better if it was $20.

blue_max

9th of June 2006 (Fri), 01:16

For the pleasure of being offered his product in the UK, we are asked to pay twice that!

Still, you have to admire him for his successful product and for B+H for taking it - although they seem to be out of stock of a few of them already.

I've heard it's not so easy to put on and looks a bit daft, so I'm going to give it a miss myself.

Graham

mrclark321

9th of June 2006 (Fri), 01:24

For the pleasure of being offered his product in the UK, we are asked to pay twice that!

Still, you have to admire him for his successful product and for B+H for taking it - although they seem to be out of stock of a few of them already.

I've heard it's not so easy to put on and looks a bit daft, so I'm going to give it a miss myself.

Graham

I baught one for my 430EX and the fit is very poor.
I paid $80 Can. for mine and overpriced is a understatement!

Dan

thebrewer

10th of June 2006 (Sat), 11:34

I baught one for my 430EX and the fit is very poor.
I paid $80 Can. for mine and overpriced is a understatement!

Dan

A thick rubber band helps. I used some none skid sticker pads on mine.

It should fit better for the price.

Rich

tucked

10th of June 2006 (Sat), 19:23

I have been debating on whether to order one or not... am almost convinced to order one... however Gary's website & B&H neither one list one as fitting the Sigma ef-500 DG Super. I could have sworn that the "P3" used to be listed as fitting.. but it isn't now.

cdifoto

10th of June 2006 (Sat), 19:29

I used the 580EX version for my Sigma and it was pretty tight but in a good, not-gonna-fall-off way. That was the hard plastic version though. The newer version is supposedly a little more pliable and should fit snug yet easier.

Mark_48

11th of June 2006 (Sun), 06:40

The infamous Lightphere (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=search&Q=&b=2102&mnp=0.0&mxp=0.0&shs=&ci=8944&ac=&Submit.x=23&Submit.y=11) is available now at B&H

Taking UPS shipping into account at least for where I live....

Ordered from Gary Fong $48.00 + $8.77 s/h = $56.77

Ordered from B&H $49.00 + $4.95 s/h = $53.95

cdifoto

11th of June 2006 (Sun), 06:57

Taking UPS shipping into account at least for where I live....

Ordered from Gary Fong $48.00 + $8.77 s/h = $56.77

Ordered from B&H $49.00 + $4.95 s/h = $53.95

Not to mention Gary's own customer service/shipping is iffy at best. B&H is known to be fast and reliable. So yeah if you really want one, B&H would be the better route...assuming they aren't drop-shipping via Gary.

thebrewer

11th of June 2006 (Sun), 07:57

I have been debating on whether to order one or not... am almost convinced to order one... however Gary's website & B&H neither one list one as fitting the Sigma ef-500 DG Super. I could have sworn that the "P3" used to be listed as fitting.. but it isn't now.

The P3 fit my 500 Super. Same one as the 430ex. It was a tighter fit on the sigma.

Sageg

11th of June 2006 (Sun), 09:21

I was checking out the measurements for the Sigma and none of them fit. The closest one, and the one they recommended I purchase, is the P4. They said I could return it if it didn't work.

They are also selling it at http://www.vistek.ca. I'd offer a direct link, but vistek seems to be down now. Nice to have a Canadian source, but I'm still not convinced it is worth it.

cdifoto

11th of June 2006 (Sun), 09:23

I was checking out the measurements for the Sigma and none of them fit. The closest one, and the one they recommended I purchase, is the P4. They said I could return it if it didn't work.

They are also selling it at http://www.vistek.ca. I'd offer a direct link, but vistek seems to be down now. Nice to have a Canadian source, but I'm still not convinced it is worth it.

It's not.

Incognetoo

11th of June 2006 (Sun), 20:32

I almost ordered on off Fong's website but the S&H was about $50.00. This seems like a nice alternative. Thanks

NYC2BGI

12th of June 2006 (Mon), 09:25

I am going to walk over to B&H today and get one. The website lists it for 49.00 at B&H.

dinoadventures

18th of June 2006 (Sun), 17:21

Fitment is fine on my Metz 54MZ4. I still haven't seen any of these in the street besides mine.

ssim

18th of June 2006 (Sun), 22:53

The shipping to Canada off of Gary's site was like 85US. I had previously bought one of the originals but was going to try the clear one but have changed my whole approach on these things.

My original was for the 550 and it didn't fit the 580 worth a darn. I took and put a small bead of glue from a hot glue gun and it now fits perfectly. The glue has a little give to it and works like a spongey effect on it.