New:GaryFong WhaleTail Diffuser

[Oz_Beachside]

http://www.xanga.com/garyfong1?nextdate=3%2F10%2F2007+3%3A48%3A23.630&direction=n

[digitor]

From Mr. Fong's website:

$6,250 for 90 minutes of my time, and as I explained when I announced my participation in this auction - this is a consultation only - no sexual favors.

Some people obviously value advice about how to bounce a flash very highly...

Seriously folks, it's not that hard. See Wendell's thread http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?t=24944&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 to see some examples of how professional photographers modify their strobes to get better lighting results.

Cheers

[sirhc55]

Now this does look to be the bees’ knees

[Yi-P]

Seriously, I've thought about this design when seeing those diffusers like "flip-it", but this guy is really making some serious money out there.

[adam]

He's good at selling things - it looks good (like a toilet!)
Is anyone here getting one? I'm interested to see how it performs

I thought this one looks good also http://www.dembflashdiffusers.com/

[Dr Jan Itor]

He's good at selling things - it looks good (like a toilet!)

It looks so remarkably like a toilet. So much so that it would never go on my camera.

I disappointed - I watched that entire video and there wasn't even a working demo.

[sirhc55]

Gary Fong

From memory - started as a wedding photographer but went into frames after his photography peaked at $75,000 per wedding. Today he owns houses in 15 countries and lives on a luxury yacht - he is successful

[beetleboy]

Looks like a steaming pile of *frrrrrrt* if you ask me. I was silly enough to buy a Lightsphere a couple of years ago. It was used religously for about a month until I realised I could achieve better results with a little bit of common sense.

Your productivity will decrease big time with this POS attached to your flash; you'll be too busy fending off all the "Why the f$%& do you have a toilet on top of your camera?" questions to take any photos!!!

[wendellt]

anyone who can make a buck out of stuff has my applause

thing is its not really a difusser its a spreader

[Oz_Beachside]

agree, a spreader it is, which is ok if you have somehting to bounce off.

When I have suitable walls or ceilings, I bounce directly into them, and get great results.

Where I need a tool, is outdoors, or in environments where light does not bounce (black walls etc).

By the way, I found the bracket to connect a hotshoe flash, to a softbox speed ring. Im ordering a Photoflex AC-222SM. Its a little adjustable steel bracket, which holds the hotshoe, has a lightstand type spigot to go to my manfrotto flash bracket, and a threaded screw to mount the softbox.

Then I can use a extra small softbox, on my camera flash bracket

[beetleboy]

anyone who can make a buck out of stuff has my applause

Agreed...but only if the product is actually as useful as it's marketing hype makes it out to be. I prefer a product to do most of it's own work selling itself; if it has to be soooooo over-hyped (as if it's a shuttle launch!) then I don't dig it!