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Gary Fong Amberdome, Light Warming Accessory for the Lightsphere. | 
 enlarge | Brand: Gary Fong
Category: Photography
Buy New: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
MPN: ADM25
ASIN: B000J2U1CQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
AmberDome for the LightSphere Cloud! Instantly warm up your images in cool situations
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 Effective for indoor flash photography December 28, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I use the Amberdome with the Cloud Diffuser Light Sphere for indoor flash portrait photography for one reason: to warm up the cold light from the flash to balance the warmer tungsten (e.g. incandescent) light in the background. The camera must be placed into 'Tungsten' white balance mode. The result is a very natural photo in which the direct light from the flash is subtly blended with the background light. Without the amberdome and your camera set to 'Auto' white balance mode, the subject directly illuminated by the flash will be white-balanced correctly, but the background will be very orange. Some people say to shoot RAW and correct the color in post processing: you cannot easily do so with a single adjustment layer because there are two distinct white temperatures.
To use the Amberdome, I angle my flash upwards at the ceiling and tilted towards my subject slightly. I set my Canon 5D camera to the tungsten white balance (the icon is shaped like an incandescent light bulb). This only works when the ceiling is about 10 feet or lower, as light power diminishes exponentially every foot, and a nearly white ceiling. The bounce light will match the tungsten light in the background, but sometimes I get a green/yellowish tint in the edges of the photo because the ceiling color changes the orange.
 A bit too warm March 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
While I think this product is a nice idea, I find that it warms all the images up a bit too much. Especially when it can be warmed in post processing in what I feel is a better way.
Some people, though, may enjoy the feel of those images, but I find them a bit too "faked".
Limited use but highly effective March 9, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've used the Amberdome indoors in low-light situations. Using the Amberdome helps to preserve the natural lighting in low-light, but the best part is that it lights up the space without blinding everyone in the area. For a neat effect, try dragging the shutter with the Amberdome. Any moving subject will have a warm glow about it. The Amberdome works best with a digital, as it's tough to tell how much warmth it's casting upon your subject - hard to control on an SLR. If you're using a digital, make sure that the white balance is set to tungsten lighting, otherwise, your photos will come out way too warm. The Amberdome is pretty much usless in an high- or mid-light situations, but it's totally worth it if you shoot often in low-lighting.
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