Posts Tagged ‘diffuser’

Another home make flash diffuser

Here is another very simple diy flash diffuser.

The material you need:
1) cupboard (Black in colour)
2) Aluminum foil
3) soft transparent paper

The creator of this diy flash diffuser did not put up any guide, he only show 2 pics of the final product.

via thephotoforum

The simplest DIY flash diffuser – using Cigarette Packet

There are so many diy flash diffuser guide out in the internet. This should the easier and maybe zero cost to you. But i do not encourage smoking. Try get the Cigarette Pack from your friend or you can walk around coffee shop you should be able to pick up one. Once you get hold of the cigarette pack the first step is to remove the foil. Then fold it according to the picture shown below. Take note some brand of the cigarette pack has the shinning side facing inside so you do not need to fold it yourself.

DIY flash diffuser using cigarette pack

After you have finish this step. You just need to attach it to your in built pop up flash. Adjust according to the angle you want.

This will be how it look like when it is done correctly.

pop up flash diffuser

via Instructables

DIY built-in pop-up flash diffuser

There no need to buy a pop-up flash diffuser because there is a simple guide which you can do it yourself. You may ask why do we need a pop-up flash diffuser for? The reason is that the build in flash is so small, it is a very hard light source and it can not be bounced.

Do it yourself pic 1

As you can see from the picture above it is very easy. What you need is just a wire hanger and a vacuum bag(use for the diffusing material). Follow the two picture below to shape your wire hanger. Dun worry it just take trial and error to get it right.

Do it yourself pic 1

Do it yourself pic 3

One thing to take note while you bend the wire, try to bend the wire along the side of the flash hot shoe. Because the wire’s plastic coat will eventually come
off, you do not want to short-circuit the pins on the hot shoe base.

Source from diyphotography