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.

