Frustated with the internal direct flash and no money to buy an external flash, so want to find some DIY to diffuse the flash.

Found some DIY at
http://www.instructables.com/id/EFWF47HEFPEV2Z6BX8/

I spend RM7.40 for the Dunhill (who want free ciggies? lol), try it and it works. Even though the quality can't be compare to ext flash but at least this can help poor ppl like me in certain situation. So want to share it here, sharing is caring


Setup : Take out all the ciggies, smoke all the ciggies if u can, lol. Take out the gold paper as well, in that website, he using the gold paper but i found the result is better without it.
Cut the bottom of the box to open it. And setup as below, done..





Yah i know it is ugly, maybe u can wrap the dam thing with colorful paper and label it as Nikkor SB-900






I try to test it to take a photo at my living room with low light condition, without flash, the photo gonna be very very dark..

So i test it with both direct flash and the flash with the Dunhill diffuser and manually control the flash so both photo brightness are almost identical.

The result?


Taken with direct flash.
As u can see, there are some extreme reflection on the tin and smooth surface of the plastic. And notice the wall as well, got those reflection caused by the tin.




Now with the Dunhill diffuser.
As u can see, the light is properly diffused, no more reflection on the wall and not so extreme reflection on the surface of the tin and plastic bottle. But the auto white balance gonna run off.



After PP the previous photo by adjusting the white balance, the photo cames out nice, at least for me



thanks wkcheang for technical assistance

This post has been edited by Gadget_Freak: Mar 22 2007, 08:45 AM

dam like that aslo can ar?

Sh!t PRO SKILL...

LATER DIY LIAO LA..CURI MY DAD DUNHILL LIGHT /GG

one word, thx

wow didnt noe that!!!! nice skill!! lolz

but is abit UGLY leh. what if u try taking some candid or portrait of some models?
what will they think?
hahaha

but i also need to DIY, hope my sister dont laugh at me

hahaha

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This post has been edited by tongyam: Mar 22 2007, 01:34 AM

ermm..maybe u can use other box..lol..or u wrap it lor..cheat ppl said it is a special device..lol

lol use those shiny metalic paper to wrape it, then put Nikkor SB-900 MKII

hehe..make it more marketable..i also want to wrap it so won't be so ugly in the public.lol

lol.... interesting...

i also gonna try this...

nvm la..u got the SB-400 oledi

woot! thanks for the tip!

ok.. 1 cigarette box diz weekend

the exposure time is 1/500 for both pictures. Doesn't justify why you need to use flash. How about trying it under lower lighting condition when you will need to use a flash (e.g. 1/10)

Erm..do u read my 1st post? The lighting condition is very bad, and indeed i need to use flash to get that brightness, else the whole photo will be darken

Later Nikon, Canon, Olympus they all will come out with Disposable External Flash

of coz ill do it later, with special wrapped.then, print nikon logo on there...

Im a canon S3 IS user, the flash i use a plastic cup semi transparent as a diffuser

Have a picture?

im gonna "cho" my bro's ciggy box

thanks for the tip

The reason for using the 1/500s shutter speed is to isolate ambient lighting from the shot. By setting the D40 at its maximum X-Sync speed, we can see the effect of the flash diffuser on the subject.

Of course if you can also use this diffuser with in slow sync mode, but you wont be able to observe the diffused flash differences, which is the whole point of this experiment.

@DJ kenji
since u ask i got a pic, i got some pics of my auntie, but i dont have the pic before and after, took the pic with a diffuser,if u want me to post can

Using Canon S3 Is , with plastic cup as a diffuser
Dont know is the pic good or not

Direct Flash



with Diffuser



Direct Flash



with Diffuser



This post has been edited by sherren: Mar 24 2007, 03:38 PM

sherren...

Not bad Only it's a bit warm (at least for me)

When taking test shots, take a photo without flash to illustrate how much the DIY-diffused flash can help.

Seems like the diffuser screwed up the WB.

not always the diffusser

color change due the bounced light from the environment
the wall, the ceiling

Warm is nice. The fact that the light is not directly shot on the object gave room for ambient light to blend in, another reason why people choose to use slow sync for flash. You need to bump up exposure compensation when diffusing with internal flash. The internal flash simply doesnt have enough power to light the whole enviroment