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from Portland, Or on 4/2/2008
I have the Gary Fong cloudsphere, the chrome dome add-on, and now the amber dome. The cloudsphere is REALLY GOOD! It helps SO MUCH to diffuse the flash, works especially well indoors, where it can diffuse and bounce off walls and ceilings.
I tested out the amberdome, and it does seem to work, but I will need to really think it through to pull it out and use it when I need it.
The idea is that it makes the flash more yellowy, to go along with yellowy indoor lighting, and then you have both foreground and background with yellowy light, except that you set your white balance to compensate for this to get better, less yellowy light. Without having both foreground and background consistent, you would be stuck in terms of white balance.
You can also use it to help the flash match up with ambient sunset lighting (and go with the yellow tones).
On my camera, the white balance choice for tungsten is not available when the unit is set to an external flash. So, my plan is to set a custom white balance using the amberdome, and then everything will look OK (not yellow). I will need to experiment more to see how this all pans out, but it looks good so far.
If you don't have the main piece of equipment - the Gary Fong lightsphere cloud, I highly recommend that!! And, then the amberdome as an optional accessory.
I just purchased this product a month ago, and I won't shoot indoors without it. Used mostly on my kids in the house, it's so easy. Put it on go to tungsten and "bingo".
Previous reviewer is using it wrong or something, because it works exactly as advertised. If yours falls off, contact the manufacturer - I know Gary stands behind his products. This is exactly what you need to compensate for the heavy tungsten background for event photography. I bought two so I'd never be without it.
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The Amberdome simply does not fit the Lightsphere. It is far too loose and won't stay in place. [...]The concept is very good but the product needs more refinement.