Assumptions : Cheapskate, NBTD, Creativity, No $$$
Question : What do you do if you need a diffuser for your built-in flash?
Answer : Build one for yourself.
That’s what I did over the weekends. All I need is a film canister, a cutter and a lil UHU glue or superglue.
A semi-transparent film canister
How to do it??
Measure the size of your built-in flash. Have a rough estimation marked on your film canister and cut it out. Make sure that you cut a smaller hole compare to the rough estimation so it could hold onto the flash firmly.
End result:
DIY Diffuser
Now, how does it look like on my camera??
Please ignore the pillows behind it :P
I know I know, it looks weird but hey, it works pretty good. It is quite sturdy and it does not drop out easily. Besides, you could make a few more as spares. If the flash is too strong and the ‘diffuser’ couldn’t hold back, chuck in a few pieces of tissue to suppress the light till you get your liking.
Results:
without DIY Diffuser
with DIY Diffuser
without DIY Diffuser
with DIY Diffuser
What do you think?
note : inspired by this
Urm, I don’t know why but I don’t see the obvious difference. o.0
Probably because I can’t enlarge the images to compare the details. But neat idea. :)
Hhmm.. Probably there is sufficient amount of light when I took those test pictures. So you couldn’t see any difference. Haha..
The difference is minimal. Try to shoot portraits, then the difference is more noticeable. Heh! I am not good with handicrafts, I bought the flash diffuser that I saw in Shutter Asia. :P
Yeah. My mistake of taking test shots when the lights are right above me. Silly me. Haha.
I saw that diffuser too. Looks kinda good.
Hey, I’m not good in handicrafts too. That’s why I have plenty film canisters as spares just in case I screw up. LOL.
LOL.
Anyway, this gonna be temporary only. Unless I need it, I’ll probably keep it in the bag most of the time. A bit pai seh to bring out it in the public too :P
I see no different between the image with and without the so called diffuser… maybe using another type of element…. just saying