A4 Sheet Fold Me Lumiquest
Lumiquest has a pretty nice solution for diffusing on (or off) camera strobes by dressing them with a small and light weight softbox.
Reader Julian Schüngel came up with a similar device that can be constructed from one A4 sheet of paper (and kicks the crap out of my similar design that needs 6 sheets). Oh yea, it has build in barn doors too.
Now, while the side panels still emit light this can be easily corrected by turning them black, which Jullian indeed added for version #2.
Click the image below to see the full tut complete with sizes and detailed instructions on Julian photostream
The second version tut is in the following picture. It uses some extra paper and one more square cut of the front, but it eliminates the light spill.
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what about a pdf with the chart ?
good idea, no ?
Nice illustration
Oh! That is a cool and easy way of doing this....I have always been trying find out an easy solution for this for my flash (as I bought it as second hand)....It will be useful for me.
Meanwhile, you can check out my photos at my site!
reflection
I'd cover the inside of the cone with aluminum duct tape to reduce the internal light loss. Great little idea though.
nice
I made one that splits in halves so you can fold it and put it in your bag. I made it from plastic but can be made from paper as well. Included a template as well :)
http://www.oseven-fotografie.nl/urbex/2008/12/17/diy-prokit-flash-modifiers-mini-softbox-including-template/
reflector
You might try aluminum or gold foil for the inside also. It will reflect better than duct tape but using that would probably strengthen the interior then add the foil on top. The pdf is a good idea! DIY Origami. Gotta luv it!
PDF template
Here’s a PDF template for DIY flash softbox (1.2 Ko) .
Print it, even if your computer complains about it being out of print range, it doesn’t matter. This template has been designed for the Sony HVL-F42 flash system (7 cm wide) but should work for others.
For the full instructions, just cut the dotted line and the four steps shown in the photo will be more than enough to accomplish the rest.
Fantastic DIY Tip
Hi
Thanks to the original poster for putting this up hopefully this will work okay I have not made one yet. But I will make one up and test it and let you know how it works out. Buying the manufactured one costs nearly $40 so doing this is a bit easier on the wallet.
Thanks again
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