How the Lightscoop™ eliminates ugly pop up flash photos

Professor Kobré’s Lightscoop™ changes the direction of the tiny light coming from your Pentax, Nikon or Canon pop up flash.

• The bounced light creates a larger light source.
• The larger source reflects light from a more natural direction.
• The auto function of your pop up flash continues to operate normally, so the flash properly exposes the picture.

Why a pop up flash or even an external flash mounted on the camera causes ugly flash photos

The location of the flash.
Light from any flash mounted on a camera comes from just above the lens. When you hold the camera at eye level, the flash sends its light from a place just in front of your forehead! Few light sources in the real world come from this direction naturally.

The size of the flash.
The larger the light source, the softer the light. The light source for the pop up flash is particularly small — less than 1-inch x 1/2-inch square.

Natural light sources are much larger, such as light from the sky,
a window, lights on the ceiling of a room, or even light from a table lamp.

Direct light from the tiny pop up flash illuminates what it strikes first and leaves everything else in shadow. The resulting picture is nothing like what your eye sees.

Once you have set up your camera as directed, the Lightscoop and your Pentax, Canon or Nikon camera will do the rest.

Your Nikon, Canon or Pentax’s pop up flash unit’s own automatic exposure continues to operate normally.

Your camera will shut off the flash once enough light strikes your subject.