Home Made Ring Flash

[jgs001]

Well sort of... I've made an adapter that turns the output of my Jessops 300AFD into a ring flash, well sort of anyway... Made using a cardboard box, cut lined with white paper and angled. Then attached to the CD spindle lid with a hole cut in it and lined with white paper. Completed with a liberal application of Duck Tape. I fit the ring to the lens, then onto the cover onto the flash.

Here's a shot of the actual ring adapter. Shot with the Z2, the 450d is in use, trying to sort out guiding.



And some test shots with the ring flash, 55-250 and Raynox DCR250







and this one had very little light shining on it, made getting focus tricky  :mrgreen:

[JohnC]

You deserve a medal for that kind of tenacity, very enterprising.

[brianb]

You deserve a medal for that kind of tenacity

Or a Blue Peter badge 

[JohnC]

....or a Blue Peter badge, yes, one of those maybe      Still going is it ?

[Paul]

Or a Blue Peter badge  Grin

Well stickyback plastic is in evidence  

But the results speak for themselves - quite excellent, most notably the coin shot which is fantastic. I assume the flash metering sorts itelf out too?

[jgs001]

Cheers Guys... I think I might be a little old for a Blue Peter badge  ...

Paul, I've found that I get the best results if I use +2 stops of flash compensation, I guess the bounce around the tubes reduces the flash brightness, but the ettl metering does indeed do it's stuff nicely.

[JohnMurphy]

Great idea and well executed. It certainly seems to do the trick. Might have a go at this myself.

[jgs001]

Cheers John

[Big Dipper]

Or a Blue Peter badge 

LOL - Great minds Brian.........

Here's one I made posted earlier! 

[jgs001]

You and you're blue peter badge Andy