Made my own beauty dishes

bartc wrote in post #15979955
not to bad i will weight them and let you know

from all the reading i did seemed like 22" bowl with a 7-8" reflectors seems to be best so roughly a 3:1 ratio.. as far as the concave i put the reflector both ways as the ends are taperd and really didnt notice any difference...

O K.

you are killing me.


So far, I have discerned a 22 inch bowl, and a 7 inch pizza pan. Were they Ikea bowls? or just from your local super mart?

what did you use for paint?


aside from the fact that your beauty dish looks [edit]: AWESOME. many of us are waiting for an explicit parts list. most of us can manage the DIY, or at least write one up.

give us the parts man! (hint: this is your invitation to tell us)

maverick75 wrote in post #15979956
I made one a while back from a wooden bowl and aluminum foil, works great!

Now post up some samples using it

will do just waiting on my yongnuo 568ex's to show up as the sigma i have isnt that great

pyrojim wrote in post #15980038
O K.

you are killing me.


So far, I have discerned a 22 inch bowl, and a 7 inch pizza pan. Were they Ikea bowls? or just from your local super mart?

what did you use for paint?


aside from the fact that your beauty dish looks [edit]: AWESOME. many of us are waiting for an explicit parts list. most of us can manage the DIY, or at least write one up.

give us the parts man! (hint: this is your invitation to tell us)

will do once i get home from work today

bartc wrote in post #15980106
will do once i get home from work today

Thanks, there are a few of us who are looking forward to it!

I love DIY stuff!! Great work, and in for the instructions as well!

k i got a parts list up for the 22in unit i got home late so i wont have time to write up the instructions or pictures of the light spread... ill get that 2morrow

Thanks for doing this!

bartc wrote in post #15981365
k i got a parts list up for the 22in unit i got home late so i wont have time to write up the instructions or pictures of the light spread... ill get that 2morrow

A huge thank you from myself and I'm sure many others!

not a prob guys i will take pics of the dish in pieces wont be as good as if i where taken them while building it but should allow anyone to see how everything goes together

so heres some test shots all shot 12in off the wall the 22in dish i didnt have perfectly square to the wall hence the out of round light pattern sorry

first bare flash 24mm

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brooksclayton wrote in post #15979496
Very cool!! Do you know how heavy they are?

the 22in is 2.75lbs with rf-622c and sigma 530dg super mounted

9in is about 8oz

let see some test shots with the bd as the only light source and not against the wall?

I made mine a couple of years ago from stuff from local restaurant supply place. Same parts.
I need to rebuild it, tweak it a little. Yours is much more thoroughly executed...looks very nice.

Oh, yeah... I made the sock for mine, from a swath of 'oxford nylon' or 'flag cloth' from local fabric place.

Great work, thanks for sharing it with us.

Travis.

bartc wrote in post #15984604
the 22in is 2.75lbs with rf-622c and sigma 530dg super mounted

9in is about 8oz

Not too bad at all. And that's with the baffle built in correct?