I got an email a few weeks back from Ken Kobre, the inventor of the Lightscoop. It would seem that the good professor stumbled across my article on making your own off camera lighting using an index card. The Lightscoop was mentioned in the comments, and Ken wanted to chime in, but didn’t want to make any shameless plugs. I can appreciate that Ken.

Instead, he emailed me and offered to send me a Lightscoop to play with and give an honest review right here on Sublime Light. I accepted and he shipped one off right away. Ordinarily I’d be on something like that like white on rice, but with my move to Colorado, I had to put the playtime on the back burner. As soon as things calm down and we get settled in to our new home in the Rocky Mountains, you’ll see what I think of the Lightscoop.

I plan to see what this thing can do out of the box. Then I’ll go Tim “The Toolman” Taylor on it and see what kind of photos we can really get out of it. And of course, I’ll compare it to direct popup flash and to the index card trick.

So keep your eyes peeled in January if you have any interest in buying a Lightscoop. Happy New Year everyone!