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Postby stubbsy on Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:03 pm

A little pic of Geoff taking a pic of me taking a pic of him... Both of us were brandishing SB800's. He had the Lightsphere II on board and I had the Lightsphere PJ (on loan from birddog). Looking at this image you'd never realise flash was used since the light is lovely and diffuse, rather than harsh like so easily happens with a flash. No PP was used in the making of this image. :D

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Postby kipper on Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:12 pm

Wow stubbsy, that is nice. I'm almost tempted to get one :)

Watch your whites btw, the shirt on the right handside looks quite hot.
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Postby rokkstar on Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:29 pm

That's incredible. I've heard a lot of talk about these lightspheres but didn't realise that they produced such results. What's the difference between the two models Peter?
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Postby PiroStitch on Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:39 pm

Where's Geoff's pic :D Arggg makes me tempted to get one now :evil:
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Postby Geoff on Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:44 pm

Here's my photo of stubbsy with the LSII - I reckon Stubbsy's shot is better but this still produces very little shadow :).

Matt - VERY worthwhile but I'd go for the LSPJ!!!

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Postby birddog114 on Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:49 pm

rokkstar wrote:That's incredible. I've heard a lot of talk about these lightspheres but didn't realise that they produced such results. What's the difference between the two models Peter?


The LS II And the PJ difference are:

- The LS II is made by hard plastic with the dome with milky colour as the diffuser on the SB800/ 600/ breakable
- The PJ is made some soft & flexible plastic and colour is transparency/ non breakable.
- The LSII is hard to pack in your bag and heavy when mounted on to the SB800
- The PJ is easy to pack into your bag or pocket and simple, easy to mount on the SB800/ 600.

I prefer the PJ version than the LSII. Produced same quality of colour, skin tone in both version.
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Postby phillipb on Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:20 pm

... and apparently the PJ superseeds the LSII so you really don't have any choice because you can only get the PJ.
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Postby redline on Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:44 pm

it looks like a plastic soft drink container. a hidden feature perhaps?
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Postby BBJ on Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:55 pm

Well, these are good toys and i think you both did a good job at these pics, i dont have the pj but have the LSII which i ahve used before and with what i think good results.
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Postby Slider on Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:10 pm

Sure beats the old Tupperware container I regularly used with my old Hanimex flash :lol:
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:50 pm

Well people. Just thought I'd mention I've looked at a few more shots taken with this little baby and ordered one.
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Postby mic on Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:28 pm

You Guys :roll:

Whose the waiter at that gig, ya cups are empty. :shock:
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