People are talking about Professor Kobré's Lightscoop!

PopPhoto.com, June 2008: American Photo Editor's Choice 2008! "Among the many cool lighting tools we've seen in the last 12 months, one of the most clever comes from photographer Kenneth Kobre, author of a bestselling textbook on photojournalism..."!

PopPhoto.com, May 2008: Peter Kolonia taps Professor Kobré's Lightscoop as one of "5 Innovative Lighting Ideas." ght

Popular Photography, March 2008, page 16: "Bounce pop-up flash by snapping a Lightscoop over it, a little piece of plastic genius."


DingbatMag, the Monthly Review of Cool Tools tested the Lightscoop... Scroll down to "Bounce is Beautiful" to see the full review and test shots.

David Pogue in the New York Times, "Circuits," print and online, in "Gems in the Back of a Closet."
"If you’ve paid $500 or more for a digital S.L.R. camera, you deserve to get photographic results that put pocket cameras to shame. And you do — except when you use the built-in flash. At close range, an S.L.R. can turn a face into featureless whiteness just as well as a $200 junker.

This clever mirror attachment slides onto your S.L.R.’s flash (at lightscoop.com, you order the model that corresponds to your camera brand). When you take a flash picture, the mirror bounces the light off the ceiling. The result: your subject is illuminated by diffuse light, just as if you had used one of those reflector umbrellas that the pros use. The LightScoop also eliminates red-eye and the “cave effect,” where the room background comes out looking black.

The LightScoop requires a ceiling or light-colored wall, so it’s useless outdoors. But it produces nuanced, natural, flattering light on your subject; the before-after difference is incredible."

David Pogue (New York Times) on CNBC!

Gadget Claus includes the Lightscoop as one of the season's Cool, Cheap Gadgets.

David Pogue (New York Times) AT The New York Times site.
       "...the pictures are nuanced, soft as a kiss...," says Tech Claus.

And then there are bloggers...

Terry White's Tech Blog
       "Your pop-up flash doesn't have to suck! ...When it arrived, I was thinking 'this is never going to work.' So of course I fired off a couple test shots (before and after) and I was stunned by the difference. Yes, it does work! "

Digital Camera Review compared Lightscoop results to EXTERNAL flash modifiers: "The biggest surprise of the group, in our minds, is just how much this unit did to provide a natural, uniform exposure when compared to direct pop-up flash. Though it requires (per manufacturer's instructions) a flash power boost to light things up sufficiently, results are really quite good when price is factored in, as there's no need to buy an external flash unit."