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| Professor Kobre's Lightscoop, Standard Version Bounce Flash Device, Universal Model, fits over the Pop-up Flash of most SLR Cameras (American Photo Editor's Choice 2008) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Professor Kobre
Category: Photography
Buy New: $29.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
MPN: U1S
ASIN: B0017LNHY2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Professor Kobre's Lightscoop, a bounce device for the pop-up flash on most 35mm DSLRs with interchangable lenses, slips over your camera's pop-up flash and allows you to bounce the flash like professionals bounce an expensive external flash. The Lightscoop is the inexpensive answer to natural-looking bounce flash and digital photography lighting. (Even professionals like it for casual shooting!) No more harsh shadows, bleached faces, red-eye, or cave effect from direct pop-up flash! Reviewers tell the story: "Bounce pop-up flash by snapping a Lightscoop over it, a little piece of plastic genius," Popular Photography, March 2008 "...just as if you had used one of those reflector umbrellas that the pros use," David Pogue, New York Times, "Circuits." -- "It slips into your camera's hot shoe, fits right over the pop up flash, and redirects the camera's flash to a ceiling or wall. That's bounce, baby, bounce... as essential as a lens cap," DingbatMag, the monthly review of Cool Tools "Your pop-up flash doesn't have to suck... I was stunned by the difference," Terry White's Tech Blog The Standard version has a normal mirror and is used in most situations. Compatible cameras Canon 10D, 20D, 30D, 40D, 50D, Rebel XTi OR 400, Rebel XT OR 350 Fuji FinePix Pro S Series Nikon D40, D40x, D50, D60, D70, D70s, D80, D90, D100, D200, D300 Sigma SD14 Pentax K10D, K100D, K20D, K200D Olym
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 it works! September 21, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
got this after reading reviews and looking at lightscoop user shots in flickr. it's so so cool and the best part is it works most of the time. i hate using the pop up flash indoors since it usually makes my shots harsh with too much highlights, you know what im talking about. switching to low shutter speed makes my photos blurry and fuzzy because of camera shake and you potentially miss all the action. of course a speedlite will fix all of that but i'm just a newbie and i don't want to spend for a flash YET. well at a fraction of the cost, the lightscoop fixed all that because just like a regular speedlite/flash, it bounces the light from your pop up flash upwards making your photos look more natural. works best with low and light-colored ceilings, but you can experiment if you like.
it's made of abs plastic and i found it hard to stuff in my camera bag since i might break it. the lightscoop comes with a pouch and you can find a way to somehow integrate it in your camera bag, maybe loop it somehow.
it's a great invention (shout out to prof kobre) which made my indoor photos a lot better and now i can forget about buying a speedlite in the meantime...
Great results with Olympus E520 September 17, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm short on technique but love to take pictures of my family, especially our grandkids. I'm getting great results... Once I set up the camera, I started keeping the Lightscoop on my camera when it's indoors. I just grab the camera and start taking pictures when the kids start doing something cute. I don't understand why I need to buy a flash when this is all I want to do! When I turn the camera vertically and let the Lightscoop send the light to a wall, you'd think I was a professional portrait photographer... well, almost! My friends with point-and-shoot cameras are jealous and want to buy a new camera... in order to use the Lightscoop.
 Greatly Reduces Flash Power September 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are considering this product, the first thing you need to know is that it reduces the power of your flash down to about 1/16 of its full power. I do not mean it reduces it BY 1/16; I mean it reduces it by 15/16. This is a huge hit when you consider that pop-up flashes are not very powerful to begin with. I tried this product and found it could only be useful if the conditions are just right and even then you sacrifice quality by adding noise and vignette. The included documentation tells you to use the recommended settings, which are equivalent to setting up your camera to shoot in the dark. You are instructed to set the ISO to 800 (this increases noise). You are instructed to set your aperture to its widest setting (with consumer-grade lenses, this usually adds vignette (dark corners)). They also recommend that you zoom out (if using a zoom lens). These are the only settings that will allow a proper exposure because the flash is so much weaker while using the lightscoop. I would like to see the EXIF data from those sample photos; I am sure that many camera settings were changed between shots. I highly recommend that you save for a flash that you can bounce; even a small flash like the Nikon SB-400 at $110 would give you much better results. In my opinion this product is not worth $30 and would rarely be useful.
 Very Effective September 5, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love this light scope. The only draw back is when you're in places with high ceilings and no walls close by to bounce your light onto. But otherwise, this was a very good investment.
Just what I needed July 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been hoping for an Olympus-compatible model since I read David Pogue's write-up on the Lightscoop back in December. Finally... and worth the wait! It's hard to believe the results can be so dramatic. I highly recommend this super device.
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