Milk bottle diffuser

Hi I'm new here, thought I would post something up and say hi at the same time.

I have been experimenting with diffusers for my onboard flash until I can afford a proper off camera flash setup. I am basically using the side of a milk/juice bottle and so far I have been getting ok results.

Setup: 30D + 60mm F2.8 Macro + home made diffuser.

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Cant complain, it looks like its working

What do shots without the diffuser look like for comparison?
And those are inside where you may be getting some flash bounce off walls/ceilings. What's it perform like outside?

Too bad i don't drink milk.
Thats a nice idea. Kinda reminds me of the Gary Fong point and shoot diffusers.

that is similar to the method used by owners of prosumer cameras with no hot shoe - seems to work well.

Lovely DIY- seems to work well
Tom Hicks on FMforums uses a similar method with an onboard external flash and a 180mm macro lens (and gets excellent shots).
Brian V.

troypiggo wrote in post #4342986
What do shots without the diffuser look like for comparison?
And those are inside where you may be getting some flash bounce off walls/ceilings. What's it perform like outside?

I dont have any online but they have harsh specular highlights and darker backgrounds. The diffuser reduces the amount of light a bit making the exposure longer and giving more ambient light to the scene.

Out side this system still works well adding fill light, its not an ideal setup but it is an improvement over no flash at all.

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Well that's pretty impressive for such a simple solution!

Hey MacGyver congrats for that difuser. Well done.
Seems to be working fine, and cheap... congrats

Laurent.

Thanks, it only cost me two dollars and came with 2 free litres of milk, cheapest camera accessory I have ever bought. I do get funny looks though at the park.

Ignore the looks in the park - it seems to work very well, tempted to try this myself

Dave