Price: $89.95
(as of May 15, 2025 13:08:08 UTC – Details)
Product Description
Authentic Gary Fong Lightsphere – Made In The USA
THE GARY FONG LIGHTSPHERE COLLAPSIBLE
The Lightsphere Collapsible is an invaluable tool for all types of photographers, providing a soft omni-directional light for your indoor photography as well as beautiful fill-light for outdoor portraits.
The new speed strap design allows you to easily and securely mount the Lightsphere to your flash. Once in place, you can rest assured that the Lightsphere Collapsible will stay securely in place, offering an equally tight fit for nearly all flash sizes.
The translucent horizontal rings provide soft, even illumination with a minimum loss of power and its collapsible design allows you to fold it flat for easy storage.
Adding the (included) WhiteDome to your Lightsphere will allow you to shoot in situations with a low ceiling where you require less bounce as well as when shooting with the flash pointing directly ahead, you’ll have a beautiful soft shoot through diffuser.
Shoot Vertical Or Horizontal Without Removing Diffuser
Simply rotate the flash head perpendicular to allow for fast Horizontal/Vertical shooting.
There is no need to remove and re-orient the diffuser.
Totally Transparent Material
The GARY FONG LIGHTSPHERE is made with a clear material. Other flash modifiers use either a white fabric or white dye, which greatly reduces flash output. Soft diffusion is achieved with the use of concentric rings on the material, to spread light evenly.
Removable Top
The Gary Fong Lightsphere is the only diffuser with a removable top. Removing the top sends maximum flash output to high ceilings for rich fill light for large rooms. Attach the dome for lower ceilings, or when used outdoors for fill flash.
The Strongest Mount Available
In Flash Diffusers, Bigger Is Better
But having a large diffuser makes it easy to topple off of the flash. By simply pulling the mounting belt tightly, the Lightsphere hangs on so tightly that it will never fall off in use.
Eliminates Harsh Side Shadows
The Gary Fong Lightsphere Collapsible offers the perfect combination of bounce flash and subject fill.
Totally Transparent – White Dye Or Fabric Reduces Output
Removable Top
Strongest Mounting System Anywhere
No Harsh Side Shadows
w/Optional Color Gel Set
Universal Fit for all Speedlight flash units – One Size Truly Fits All
Utilizes the new Speed Mount design that allows switching out modifiers in seconds
Mounts with a tug of a strap – No Velcro. Will not fall off – ever.
Includes Lightsphere Collapsible Speed Mount, White Dome, Cinch Strap, Field Guide
Clear Material – No white dye (which blocks flash efficiency)
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Customers say
Customers find the lightsphere works well with on-camera flash and effectively softens harsh light, making indoor pictures nicer and improving portrait photography. Moreover, the build quality is great, with customers noting it’s unbreakable, and they appreciate how it provides even skin tones. However, opinions are mixed regarding value for money, size, and ease of installation – while some find it worth the money and easy to put on, others consider it expensive and difficult to attach securely to the flash.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Travis P. Watson –
A little spendy but very handy and functional
Obviously I would have like to spend about $30 less on this beauty but the build quality and diffusion are really awesome. It is worth it if you need solid, portable diffusion for your work. Very convenient and packs down easily into any camera bag. That alone adds some serious value to it, imo.
Dean C. Neitman –
Really Nice Light Modifier
I’ve heard about these Gary Fong Collapsible Speed Mount Light Sphere (White) light modifiers a long time ago and just ignored them because of the cost and seems a little like a gimmick. While I do sometimes see these used at events by other photographers, it never seemed to be the most popular and so I wrote them off until recently. I had an event where I was going to be using a lot of on-camera flash with possible no light bounce options which I loathe but understand sometimes it’s necessary so I decided to try one of these.I had also purchased the mini flash softbox diffuser too and thought maybe this cheaper tool would suffice. My first session I used the mini softbox and while I like it better than the light direct from the flash, it really didn’t fill the area as much as I would like. So the next session I used the Fong Sphere and was pleasantly surprised. It did require a bit more light power since some light is lost to the sides and back but the spread of the light on and around the subject was very pleasing.This really made the situation much more tolerable and I was happy I had spent the extra funds to get the sphere. I am sure I will use it more in the future which brings me to another notable point of the sphere. It is a nice thickness of rubber material with hard plastic top and I feel that this material construction will last a good deal of time as long as it is not left out in the sun to bake and dry out.
Darren –
Good light diffuser
Works as described. Diffuses the flash nicely, fits snug on the speedlight. It collapses easily and becomes compact. Seems to be durable, the dome surprisingly stays in place (based on the design, it seemed questionable, but I’ve had no issues with it coming out during event shoots). The only downside is that it’s fairly bulky.
I Like Stuff –
Great Flash Diffuser, Works as Advertised
I’m learning photography and I’m very new to flash and off camera flash and while I have been able to bounce flash effectively for more natural effects, sometimes you can’t bounce the flash but the straight flash is too harsh. This does a great job diffusing the light and making everything softer, more natural, and eliminate hard shadows.I’m using this with a Neewer TT560 flash (~$30 on Amazon). Despite it being so affordable it has so far been reliable and able to put out a lot of light. While it does have a bounce card attached to the flash, sometimes I need more options for flash. This Light Sphere fits on tight and holds very well. The velcro quality is somewhat questionable but so far it has held up and using it I can easily pick up my flash by the diffuser without worry that it will detach. I don’t carry my flash like that but it holds on very well.I also really appreciate the ability to collapse the Light Sphere for compact portability. It is fast to deploy and fast to put away. The materials all seem to be of high quality and I haven’t had any concerns of tearing with the softer materials however like I mentioned earlier, the velcro doesn’t seem to be of the highest quality and I’d prefer it didn’t say “GaryFong.Com” over it because it the print and quality of the velcro makes it look cheap. Nevertheless it does its job and it doesn’t matter what it looks like when it does a fantastic job of diffusing flash.I knocked a star mainly for the price. It was difficult to knock the star because it really does an amazing job and seems to be quality made but I can’t help but feel this is priced just a bit too high at around $60. I think at $39.99 this would be priced perfectly and would seem like a steal for what you get from it but even $45 price point would have made this a 5 star review. If you are not turned off by the price, this really has been a great product for me and I can recommend it.
Steve Lew –
Perfect lighting!
What a great device. It does take a bit of practice to use it indoors or outdoors. I hate shadows so when using bare flash or a diffuser like a Stofen, horizontal shots are usually fine for people and groups because the flash goes straight back. When you switch to vertical the shadow goes to the subjects left. This causes a large dark blob behind the person. I have used brackets to eliminate these shadows but it is a hassle to mount the bracket on the camera every shoot. However with the Light Sphere there is hardly any shadows produced. Depending on your location, the best use of this diffuser is in a venue with white ceilings where the light can bounce and also spread the light. With practice you will figure out whether to use the dome or no dome and to bounce or shoot straight on. This thing fits almost all flashes. It does use a lot of battery power but for the what you get in the images it’s well worth it. If you want fast recycle times, use an external battery source like a Quantum or the Bolt.
Jose Miguel Albesa –
Cumple perfectamente lo que promete, dispersa la luz de manera uniforme y elimina las sombras en la mayorÃa de los casos, demasiado caro, pero aún asà es muy recomendable. El servicio de Amazon perfecto.
tbR –
Ce produit est vraiment bien, un peux cher mais cela vaut le coup. donne une vrai douceur sur un flash cobra, le ttl reste bien fonctionnel. Utilise sur un YN-568EX. Le dome est changeable mais un peux cher si on ne cherche pas bien…
darren brookfield –
Have used many speedlight modifiers as I’m sure many of you have done the same, decided on this as it just made sense after watching Gary’s video so off I went and ordered one, I couldn’t have made a better choice and remains permanently on my nikon speedlight, these do work beautifully and the flash images looks lovely and balanced out, I use mine at -1 TTL and this works spot on both indoor/out, I sometimes get asked about it by curious guests, I have also purchased the additional domes which don’t disappoint and the grid modifier for some flash images I tend to include outside at the golden hour, very happy with this kit, still frips my flash tight, collapses down when not in use but remains in place ,
Gabriella P. –
Scattato un paio di foto di prova, risultato eccellente, un pò ingombrante ma molto meglio di altri sopratutto quelli gonfiabili.Restituisce una buona illuminazione senza ombre o aloni e senza alterare il bilanciamento del bianco.All interno della scatola ci sono alcuni consigli per un uso corretto, sul mio flash ( Metz 50 af-1) calza perfettamente, è stabile e non si muove minimamente anche dopo ore di uso.Il materiale con cui è costruito mi sembra di buona qualità ed non ha odori sgradevoli di chimico, la chiusura avviene tramite un velcro molto comodo.Se non spaventa il prezzo lo consiglierei sicuramente…..senza contare che se cambiate tipo o marca di flash lo potete riutilizzare al contrario di quelli originali.
Fantastic. Working great –
Light diffuser is perfect for indoor use.