Does anyone have ideas for a DIY snoot?
I use Genesis 200s.
coeng Senior Member  986 posts Joined Nov 2002 Location: NJ More info | May 18, 2011 10:33 | #1 Does anyone have ideas for a DIY snoot? 5D2, 600 EX-RT, STE-3, 24-70L, 70-200L f/2.8 IS II, 50 f/1.4, 85 f/1.8
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TMRDesign Cream of the Crop  23,883 posts Likes: 12 Joined Feb 2006 Location: Huntington Station, NY More info | May 18, 2011 10:48 | #2 With items like this available, are you sure you want to bother with a DIY snoot. This has the Elinchrom mount and the price is right. Robert
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May 18, 2011 10:50 | #3 TMR Design wrote in post #12433512  With items like this available, are you sure you want to bother with a DIY snoot. This has the Elinchrom mount and the price is right. http://cgi.ebay.com …m256385442a#ht_500wt_1156 Need it for tomorrow and don't have one. 5D2, 600 EX-RT, STE-3, 24-70L, 70-200L f/2.8 IS II, 50 f/1.4, 85 f/1.8
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gfontenova Member 66 posts Joined Apr 2011 Location: Drums, PA More info | Get thee to a craft store! I'm Geoff.
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TMRDesign Cream of the Crop 23,883 posts Likes: 12 Joined Feb 2006 Location: Huntington Station, NY More info | Ahh the immediacy. Gotcha! Robert
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Kechar Goldmember  1,699 posts Likes: 3 Joined Mar 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia More info | May 18, 2011 11:03 | #6 Pringles potato chip can, manual can opener to remove bottom, flat black spray paint to dull silver inner lining, duct tape to attach!!! flickr
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jim_escalante Member 86 posts Joined Jun 2007 More info | May 18, 2011 12:19 | #7 If you do not have it, well then it will not help. I keep a roll of black cinefoil for just such times, when I need to shape a light. Of course, the first time I needed it, I did not have it. Ha, I bought a roll the very next day.
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May 18, 2011 13:53 | #8 gfontenova wrote in post #12433555 Get thee to a craft store! Velcro, black craft foam, and gaffer's tape (or black duct tape). Get the velcro with the hooks one one side and the loops on the other. Tape enough craft foam together to circle the ring on the strobe. Use the velcro to cinch it onto the ring, and then cinch the end of the snoot down to the required diameter the same way. I've done this with a 160WS strobe, and nothing caught fire. YMMV. Got a pic of this so I can get an idea for what you mean? 5D2, 600 EX-RT, STE-3, 24-70L, 70-200L f/2.8 IS II, 50 f/1.4, 85 f/1.8
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kokakaste2 Goldmember  3,546 posts Joined Jan 2008 Location: Luxembourg More info | May 18, 2011 15:33 | #9 Kechar wrote in post #12433592 Pringles potato chip can, manual can opener to remove bottom, flat black spray paint to dull silver inner lining, duct tape to attach!!! Don't think the can will be wide enough for studio strobe. But this is great way to get snoot for speedlites. Oskar (Oscar) - stuff I use- Flickr
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gfontenova Member 66 posts Joined Apr 2011 Location: Drums, PA More info | May 18, 2011 15:34 | #10 coeng wrote in post #12434579 Got a pic of this so I can get an idea for what you mean? Unfortunately, I don't have any shots of this getup, but, I might be able to cobble it back together when I get home in a few hours. If you're pressed for time, check out the below: I'm Geoff.
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BrickR Cream of the Crop 5,935 posts Likes: 115 Joined Mar 2011 Location: Dallas TX More info | May 18, 2011 16:12 | #11 Got a cereal box or cardboard? In a pinch, a snoot is probably the easiest modifier to DIY. Post a pic of whatever you go with thou!! My junk
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Csae Goldmember  3,350 posts Likes: 1 Joined Nov 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada More info | May 18, 2011 16:33 | #12 Home hardware store, a set of Vent Duct reducers.  Measure the diameter of a eli speedring, then start with that and work your way down. You can use flat sheet cuters to get a rough speedring mount cutout, or get the first vent reducer larger then your speedring, and cut out 4 tabs on the reducer, bend them, and drill em, then attach to a speedring of your choice. If you don't wanna drill through any of your speedrings, get the first vent reducer smaller then the speedring, cut out of 4 tabs, bend them, and clip them to the speedring, but eli speedrings have little clearance i found, so its hard to do. Some flat black paint outside and inside should do a dirty job, the metal is durable enough, though i don't recommend using the modelling light much. The more reducers you use, the more control, i suggest attaching them with tape or just velcro tabs instead of gluing them so you can remove/adjust the spot a little. -Hope it was in time. Feel free to call me Case.
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