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sage !i/euDJmWr2
So I made a new ringflash today...

Example/test picture sucks but the effects are there.
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>> sage !i/euDJmWr2
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The flash itself is pretty ghetto-fab. The design I based on a tutorial, by whom I forgot, but it's pretty simple. The box is about 3 inches deep with a square cut out of the back and a ring in the front. The inside of the ring has another square cut in it and then the inner part of the ring is connected to the inside of the box with a 3 inch section from a lens package. The inside of the box is lined with foil and sprayed chrome, and a sheet of wax paper is taped over the face to act as a diffuser. The Sunpak 383 goes in through a slot in the bottom, overall it makes a very light setup that I could easily handhold if I needed to.

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>> Anonymous
NO GEAR THREADS YOU FAGGOTS
>> Anonymous
>>206918
This isn't really my idea of a gear thread..."lol wut u think of this lens?" is a gear thread.

Sage; That picture does suck. Go take a picture of an actual person with it and come back. Can it do the circular catch lights?

Interesting design btw, I remember reading something similar to this on DIYphotography.net. Their version was much cleaner but if it does the job who cares?
>> sage !i/euDJmWr2
>>206918
ohfuckoff, it's a DIY ringflash so I don't have to buy or rent the real deal to play around with it. That's not harming anyone or this board.
>> Anonymous
>>206918

this isnt a gear thread.. he showed an example of what he did with his gear.. not a great example, but an example nonetheless, and they are both pictures taken BY HIM.

gear threads are random googled images saying "omg this nikon/canon/sony/etc lens/camera/flash/etc is sooo awsum/sucks ass"
>> Anonymous
>>206913
looks like shit
terrible framing
incredibly awkward cropping
looks like a snapshot
where is evidence of thought in subject/framing/etc?
colors are bad
cropping is awful
dead-on shot looks bad
boring subject
looks like snapshot

>>206916
terrible lighting choices
uninteresting subject
looks like snapshot
where is " least trace amounts of thoughtful composition"??
>> sage !i/euDJmWr2
>>206937
I lol'd. 10/10
>> Anonymous
>>206941
sorry just trying to critique you on the photos you posted and not on the gear
do not want to break the rules ok.
>> Anonymous
>>206913

This photograph is a great example of why DIY ring lights are a bad idea, and anyone who's seriously interested in them should just suck it up and invest in an ABR800.
>> sage !i/euDJmWr2
>>206950
As opposed to spending nothing to see if it's something you really want to invest further in, right?

Protip: A test shot of a bear in a rocking chair sitting in front of a piece of foamboard does not constitute a well thought-out effort with the flash. You shouldn't even be expecting that to be a quality shot.
>> Anonymous
>>206954
>2. Post only photos that show at least trace amounts of thoughtful composition. Do not upload random snapshots.

Take your "test shot" and shove it up your ass.
No snapshots. Period.
>> Anonymous
>>206957
Take your trolling and shove it up your ass.
No trolling. Period.
>> Anonymous
>>206959

OP admitted it was a snapshot to test gear.
This is not a board for snapshots OR gear.
Get the fuck out, shitface. If you can't follow the rules of the board go somewhere else.
>> Anonymous
Oh lawd. Rulefags now?
>> Jeremo
>>206967

Fuck off you cunt. Who the fuck are you to throw the rules around?

Don't be a cunt. AIDZ and die etc etc :D

On a slightly different note.
I'm gonna make one of these when i get a free weekend, if it's shit i may just fork out the money for a proper ring flash.
>> Anonymous
>>207403
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-diy-10-macro-photo-studio.html