Another DIY light box, with build and test pics

Wow...very clean and great exposure 5teve!

I can't stop with light box.
Perfume.

I bought a 50 Sheets of 14"x17" booklet of Tracing paper, send me your mailing address thru Private message and I will tear some pages and send it to you.. I use two sheets together for the diffusion. I use it for both 500Watts Halogen lights and CFL bulbs (100 Watts).

Mufutau

wolf2009 wrote in post #7364503
I got some scrapbook paper from Michael's. But the light intensity from these CCFL's seems too less to pass through the paper. What else could I use as diffusing material ? How about the regular 8 1/2 x 11 paper ?

I'm contemplating if I should get the 250W Halogen Lamps from Lowe's instead.

I wanted to see how it worked with a P&S camera. Taken with the LX3:

Here's my first Canon EOS.

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anyone care to share the right camera and flash set up for light box photography.
manual, AV, TV etc. what is the ideal ISO?
I have messed with all of the above and always had under exposed shots.
I managed to boost the exposure up in PP but that bought the noise up. idealy I would like to expose to the right with light box photos so as to get the best sharpness and clarity.
will post my setup when i get the chance.

Thanks.
Great thread.

I shoot in manual, and set the camera so that the meter tells me the shot will be about 2 stops overexposed and adjust from there. I use ISO 100 or 200.

If you are using speedlights, set them to M or leave them on ETTL and turn up the FEC until you are getting the results that you want.

The white box fools the camera's meter. The camera will attempt to make the white look gray. That is why you need to set it up to overexpose.

Cheer!!!

Micro R/C helicopter, about 8" in length.

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Just built a light box today. Been lurking on this forum for a couple weeks and got time to play a round with it today.Any comments or constructive criticism welcome.

Finally made mine! I used foam board, clear packing tape and pins (to add some rigidity). I used 11x17 photocopy paper on the sides, and I only have one 500 watt worklight. I used that along with the on camera 430EX speedlight for now.

Here is the rig:

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finaly think I have worked through my under exposed light box problems.
C & C welcome

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myself62 wrote in post #7379151
finaly think I have worked through my under exposed light box problems.
C & C welcome

The only thing I would say that the subject needs to move back about 1/2". You have a nice light, but the shadow on the front left of the car is distracting. Shadows is a good thing usually, gives you depth but in this case it looks like you missed the lighting circle.

Aram

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Gizmo1985 wrote in post #6988286
haha thanks.

heres my material list:

5 - 20"x30" Foam boards
8 - "L" Brackets
1 - White Velcro Strips
2 - 500w Halogen Worklights
1 - Roll of Banner Paper
1 - 1/2" Wood Rod
1 - 1 1/3yd of Black Material

Strange question, but where did you get your banner paper? I assume that because of your design your roll of banner paper is less then 20" wide. All I can find are rolls that are 24" wide. Did you cut one down or find a smaller roll?