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Originally Posted by artur
Another thing that makes me laugh is people who buy Gary Fong thingies and suddenly all their pictures are so much better. Here's a hint:
Go to your post-office and get some bubble-plastic bags. Put those on top of your flash facing to the ceiling and fire away. Same Gary Fong effect for $0.10 
Really guys, the Gary Fong thing is no NASA engineering. All it does is spread some light around the same way a bubble plastic does.
In fact, Gary is genious of marketing. I use my DIY lightsphere at weddings which is 100 times cheaper, lighter and doesn't take so much space in my camera bag. I still sell these for 20 euros a piece and they go like hot cakes because people think this some miraclous state-of-the-art engineering product that was invented in Area 51 from the alien technology. 
AG Bouncer II - Revolutionary flash diffuser/bouncer |
I got sucked into to the lightsphere thing a ways back. Originally ordered the cloud version, but it was a joke. I returned it to give the clear a try. It actually works pretty well if you add something in the rear of it to throw more light forward. No way I'd buy one of his chrome domes. I did tests with my DIY bounce card, and better bounce card, and really couldn't see any significant difference. I used the craft foam, and velcro for the DIY cards. They look odd, but work. I've found myself in multitudes of situations where using my SB600 on camera was the only option.