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On the tail end of my homemade softbox thread there's been a suggestion to start a thread full of all sorts of home made equipment.
So here it is. If you have made something homemade to add to your camera, it doesn't matter if you even homemade the camera itself, post it here and if you can details of the device and link to example images. I think this would be a great way to help the people on a budget.
Small softbox:
Example photograph: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Garbz01/junk/DSC_1074-1.jpg?t=1187058452
Makes a very soft light for the size. Made out of cardboard trapazoids, the insides lined with aluminium foil, and the front covered with a really thin sheet of paper.
Bigger bouncard:
Example photograph: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/215/483807189_65bdc080d7.jpg
Now this is fantastic. A fong lightsphear without the stupid price. I use this at weddings. It's just a sheet of inkjet paper. At first it was rubber banded on but then to get a more "professional" look I velcroed it onto the flash. This goes with me everywhere in my bag and gets used a lot.
Reflector:
Example Photograph http://farm1.static.flickr.com/222/486068627_d625ec74d6.jpg
A sheet of cardboard with some aluminium foil on the front. The backside also has white paper stuck on for the multipurpose requirements. There's not too much saving here though since a cheap reflector can be had on ebay for $15
Softbox/Shade screen:
Example Photograph: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Garbz01/junk/DSC_1294-Edit.jpg
Now at first I was going to make a softbox using a white sheet and a real estate for sale sign, and it does act like one outside, but this now also doubles as a translucent shade screen, and if you put it inside and fire the flash from behind it the spill light gives one of the softest single light sources I have ever seen.
Ring Flash:
Example Photograph:http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Garbz01/junk/DSC_5205.jpg
The newest addition to my rig. I haven't had the chance to use it on something decent yet but it does work quite well on small macro. It halos a bit more on one side than the other but hey it's made of a circle of cardboard / alfoil, two rings on the outside made of aluminium foil, and a sheet of paper on the top. It is ... fragile at best. There are much better ones out there.
Next on the cards for me is a multipurpose flash trigger for sound light or electrical triggering. Should get some highspeed photography going soon. Also on the cards pending having decent income is a DIY stuido strobe made of 60000uf capacitors, xenon tubes, 3kV triggers, and a yet to be decided upon control system.
Ok post away, keep images small please
So here it is. If you have made something homemade to add to your camera, it doesn't matter if you even homemade the camera itself, post it here and if you can details of the device and link to example images. I think this would be a great way to help the people on a budget.
Small softbox:
Example photograph: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Garbz01/junk/DSC_1074-1.jpg?t=1187058452
Makes a very soft light for the size. Made out of cardboard trapazoids, the insides lined with aluminium foil, and the front covered with a really thin sheet of paper.
Bigger bouncard:
Example photograph: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/215/483807189_65bdc080d7.jpg
Now this is fantastic. A fong lightsphear without the stupid price. I use this at weddings. It's just a sheet of inkjet paper. At first it was rubber banded on but then to get a more "professional" look I velcroed it onto the flash. This goes with me everywhere in my bag and gets used a lot.
Reflector:
Example Photograph http://farm1.static.flickr.com/222/486068627_d625ec74d6.jpg
A sheet of cardboard with some aluminium foil on the front. The backside also has white paper stuck on for the multipurpose requirements. There's not too much saving here though since a cheap reflector can be had on ebay for $15
Softbox/Shade screen:
Example Photograph: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Garbz01/junk/DSC_1294-Edit.jpg
Now at first I was going to make a softbox using a white sheet and a real estate for sale sign, and it does act like one outside, but this now also doubles as a translucent shade screen, and if you put it inside and fire the flash from behind it the spill light gives one of the softest single light sources I have ever seen.
Ring Flash:
Example Photograph:http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Garbz01/junk/DSC_5205.jpg
The newest addition to my rig. I haven't had the chance to use it on something decent yet but it does work quite well on small macro. It halos a bit more on one side than the other but hey it's made of a circle of cardboard / alfoil, two rings on the outside made of aluminium foil, and a sheet of paper on the top. It is ... fragile at best. There are much better ones out there.
Next on the cards for me is a multipurpose flash trigger for sound light or electrical triggering. Should get some highspeed photography going soon. Also on the cards pending having decent income is a DIY stuido strobe made of 60000uf capacitors, xenon tubes, 3kV triggers, and a yet to be decided upon control system.
Ok post away, keep images small please