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12/18/2004 06:27:35 PM · #1 |
I'm looking for input on what people use for flash modifiers.. purchased or home made...
-links to the modifier, or pics would be welcomed.
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12/18/2004 06:37:01 PM · #2 |
| I use a Lumiquest Midibouncer. Very helpful, softens shadows. Makes your camera about 8 inches taller though. And if you have it on a bracket, you could put somebody's eye out with that thing! |
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12/18/2004 06:47:14 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Plexxoid:
I use a Lumiquest Midibouncer. Very helpful, softens shadows. Makes your camera about 8 inches taller though. And if you have it on a bracket, you could put somebody's eye out with that thing! |
I have one of those too. I feel like a nerd with it on my camera, but it works great. |
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12/18/2004 08:03:03 PM · #4 |
| No problem here, I really am a nerd, and the midibouncer only proves it :D |
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12/18/2004 08:11:50 PM · #5 |
Or you can do what I did:
I cut a fan-shaped wedge (looks like a funnel) from the top of one of my Olympus cardboard boxes (nice bright white on inside) and use a heafty rubber band to attach it to the flash head. I tilt the flash up to aim at a ceiling for bounce, and a good portion is directed back at the subject in a diffused manner off the cardboard.
Yeah, it's a Ghetto approach, but the price was right and the results are good. Nerds unite!
LOL
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12/18/2004 09:11:41 PM · #6 |
| I use a wedge shape piece of plastic cut from a 2litre icecream container, held on with rubber bands. Crude but effective. |
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12/18/2004 09:23:24 PM · #7 |
i use posterboard and mount the cam to the tripod and hold a peice of 80cent poster board. theres gotta be a better way, but it works.
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12/18/2004 10:34:33 PM · #8 |
I used to use a plastic cup from my refridgerator until I got a Sto-Fen Omnibounce.
Also sometimes I use a bounce card.
:)atwl
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12/19/2004 01:32:39 AM · #9 |
I often use a Sto-Fen OmniBounce (B&H link) to modify the flash for indoor shots. I sometimes also use it outdoors.
For outdoor work and some indoor flash modification I use LumiQuest ProMax system (B&H link). This allows for light to pass through the honeycomb modifier and bounce (if used without any insert) or with an insert it redirects light back to the target by providing its own surface for bouncing the flash output.
Seen with silver insert
An old photo of me with the whole setup on my flash bracket.
Kev
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