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Lightcloud vs Lightsphere vs Stofen Omni

 
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Sep 04, 2008 22:10 |  #1

Looking for some feedback as to the real differences about these units and which conditions they are optimized for.

Been to my local camera shop and got several different opinions from several people (expected to some degree) just curious what the forum has to say. One comment was that the Gary Fong cloud would soften up the scene and the clear sphere would do the same but reduce the light loss as the unit is clear. The comment about the Sto-fen was that is was just a more compact and slightly less effective version of the cloud????

I will be attending a wedding, I am not THE photographer just taking some pics of the family and would like to even out the light a bit and remove some flash harshness. The wedding is in the church, however the reception will be in the afternoon going into the evening in a tent with dim lighting.

Shooting with a 30D and 580EX if that makes any difference.




  
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Sep 04, 2008 22:46 |  #2

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In my opinion they all do nothing but waste batteries.


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Sep 04, 2008 22:50 |  #3

This might help out some.

http://www.fredmiranda​.com/forum/topic/60390​4/0 (external link)
(page 3 has some useful info. that i read ... skimmed 1 and 2)

I know it's not specific to the stofen, but there is some comments about the lightsphere in there.

And just for kicks here is a review of the whale tail i found the other night.
http://photo.greenligh​tstreet.com …ticleview/frmAr​ticleID/4/ (external link)


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Sep 05, 2008 11:07 |  #4

And it makes you look ridiculously clueless. Learn your light.

Edit: also, the shlong-dong or stofen will cut your light power at least a stop or two, for group shots, you'll need as much power as you can get.




  
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