If you can't justify MR-24 EX

then here's a cheaper alternative for less than $30.

Take a look.

Sample result.

It would be interesting to see some more shots taken with this.....

Very nice! Not bad at all for $30!

KILLERCLOWN wrote in post #15924950
It would be interesting to see some more shots taken with this.....

Ok. Here you go..

Very nice!

Very nice indeed, can't complain for the money!

would be interesting to see how easy it is to work a diffuser for these, should be not too difficult. Because from the samples so far, light is really not appealing. But of course, as killerclown said, for 30$, one cannot complain. Just needs tweaking.

I also forsee that at higher mag, it might be as convenient.

How are you triggering them and are they a pain in direct sunlight?

In for more

I'd also love to know more about your setup.

More photos would be a plus too.

adamsheehy wrote in post #15934096
How are you triggering them and are they a pain in direct sunlight?

I haven't had any difficulty yet in triggering them in direct sunlight.
Both the flashes are trigger by the popup flash on the camera.

Richard N wrote in post #15965156
I'd also love to know more about your setup.

More photos would be a plus too.

It's a pretty simple setup. I will try and post the disassembled pieces later, but what it needs is following.

2 nos. Zeikos ZE-DS12 Flash units. (There are some equivalent ones from different manufacturers that might work as well.) These units come with straight bracket.
1 no. 4"x4" T bracketfrom Lowes/home depot
2 nos. 1/4 20 Wing nuts
1 no. 1/4 20 Tripod screw.
1 no. rubber washer

The bottom of the T goes into the camera tripod socket with the rubber washer between the body and the T, fastened with tripod screw.

The straight brackets mount at the both sides of the T at and appropriate angle using their own tripod screws and the wing nuts.
The flashes are mounted at the end of each bracket with the supplied hardware. That's it..

Martin G. wrote in post #15929284
would be interesting to see how easy it is to work a diffuser for these, should be not too difficult. Because from the samples so far, light is really not appealing. But of course, as killerclown said, for 30$, one cannot complain. Just needs tweaking.

I also forsee that at higher mag, it might be as convenient.

I am thinking of adding a diffuser, but holding back for the loss of light.
You say "light is not appealing", do you mean it is blowing the highlights or is it something else?

abbypanda wrote in post #15952122
In for more

Here you go..

Lovely!
Thank you for posting those, and thank you for the added info on your setup.