Cheap Light Diffusers...

Saw this the other day and had to try the inexpensive alternative. Literally, in 30 seconds I had it made in front of Bill, TM and Duke with my pocket knife and an old opaque film can.





Now, wondering how it works?

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Thats kinda cool, cuts down on the natural reflection.

Nifty, Haven't seen that before.

Where did you find a plastic film can?
Tom

TexTom said:

Where did you find a plastic film can?
Tom

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Next to all the others, some with film and those SLR body's that hold the plastic stuff....

Not a bad little quick-fix, eh?

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TexTom said:

Where did you find a plastic film can?
Tom

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I have about twenty. Maybe I should start selling them on E-Bay for $10 apiece?

It did work amazingly well.

I saw a guy and two gals on the beach last summer. One gal was holding a white t shirt to use as a reflector to add soft fillins for the picture . Neat. I stopped for a bit and watched them work.

I have parked my white truck in position to use it as a reflector in the past. Use what you got.

I had a piece of 1/2" foil-faced foam insulation board cut in 1/3s with foil, black, white sides. Used it for years.

Nice effect, ugly model.

A piece of plastic milk jug taped over works well. I always liked a little bounce board taped to my 283s better. My favorite most used lighting is just a piece of white cardboard or my collapsing silver-white reflector that is 20-25 years old now. I want to get one that is light gold in color

Based on this idea, I have improved the design

Instead of making the V cut through the open end, I just cut a flap opening in the side of the canister, leaving the rim of the opening intact so the lid can still be in place. On the base side, I stopped the flap opening about 1/8" from the base. This is enough width to cover the pop up flash on my D7000. The length of the flap cut around the circumference of the canister is such that the opening just pops over the thickest part of the flash body and the flap acts as a spring pressing against the top of the flash body to keep it the canister snug. The cap is left in place and acts to prevent light leakage out the side. It fits on very easy and once in place does not move around at all because of the flap pressure. I used it all morning during Christmas at my parents home and it worked great. My brother's wife had me make one for her so she could use it on her D40 and their daughter's D90.

I'll post a pic or two later tonight if I can remember after getting home.

Here are the pics:



You can see here that there is enough of the rim left that the lid still snaps securely to the tube and does not pop out.



You can see in this last shot how tightly it is gripping my finger! The plastic of the tube is stiff enough that it provides great clamping force while still being flexible enough that getting the tube on/off the flash assembly is easy.

Hmmm.... me thinks v2 might be my next little project. I like it!

You could even use colored gels with it, held in place on each end with little rubber bands.

Tourmeister said:

You could even use colored gels with it, held in place on each end with little rubber bands.

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Or inside.

gixxerjasen said:

Or inside.

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Good idea.