DIY PTTL Macro Flash

wildlifephotog · 10-09-2009, 04:36 PM

Got to thinking on how I could do flash with my 90/2.5.
I ended up making an adjustable tube with a diffuser on the end.
The rubberband is held in place by the hotshoe insert. The metal hooks for the band, is a paper clip run threough the tube. The inside of the tube is covered in tin foil. Things one thinks of when it has rained for a week.

I took the test photo at minimum focus distance.

Spongefingers · 10-11-2009, 12:17 PM

Good DIY job there, I like it.
I've been considering making something similar, but my macro setup would need a very close object-to-lens distance, so I would need to bend the light round and over a bit more.

Have you tried it out as a kaleidoscope yet?

wildlifephotog · 10-12-2009, 11:18 AM

Never done kaleidoscope.
Getting the light to more of a down angle would be easy. I'm going to work on an addition for when I use the extension tubes.

Blue · 10-12-2009, 01:36 PM

Interesting

10-09-2009, 04:36 PM	#1
wildlifephotog Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: USA Posts: 924	DIY PTTL Macro Flash Got to thinking on how I could do flash with my 90/2.5. I ended up making an adjustable tube with a diffuser on the end. The rubberband is held in place by the hotshoe insert. The metal hooks for the band, is a paper clip run threough the tube. The inside of the tube is covered in tin foil. Things one thinks of when it has rained for a week. I took the test photo at minimum focus distance.

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10-11-2009, 12:17 PM	#2
Spongefingers Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 237	Good DIY job there, I like it. I've been considering making something similar, but my macro setup would need a very close object-to-lens distance, so I would need to bend the light round and over a bit more. Have you tried it out as a kaleidoscope yet?

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wildlifephotog Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: USA Posts: 924 Original Poster	Never done kaleidoscope. Getting the light to more of a down angle would be easy. I'm going to work on an addition for when I use the extension tubes.

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