Digital Pinhole Anyone? (part 3)

Part 3 and final in the how to make a body cap pinhole series.

Digital Pinhole Anyone? (part 2)

If you've been following the Digital Pinhole stuff, here is part 2 in the series on how to make a body cap pinhole lens.

Digital Pinhole Anyone? (part 1)

Ever wondered what how to make a digital pinhole camera? It only takes a couple items to make one and one of those items you may have already... your digital SLR camera.

Adjustable Strobe Snoot

Another accessory I've been meaning to make. It's a foam adjustable snoot. It can also be used as a bounce card or if you turn the black side in it could be a gobo. And for a DIY project it don't look half bad. Better than a cereal box snoot when working a paid gig.

This not so great photo was taken with the Strobist cereal box snoot (sans straws) and is included to show how you can really narrow a strobe source down with a snoot.

Speedstrap grip

I was thinking of doing this myself, so instead of creating a post I'll link to this site. Speedstrap Grip

Basically he coated a Velcro strap with plastic grip paint (used for coating the handles of tools) so it gripped on the head of the flash without being permanently fastened.

Electronic Cable Remote Shutter Release

I needed a cable/remote shutter release a few years back after I started shooting macro. The vibration caused by my hand on the camera on my cheap tripod meant the final images were not sharp to say the least. So I priced a cable release and they were just too expensive for what they were, a standard 2.5mm (mini) stereo audio plug, a bit of wire and a couple of switches. So I decided to build one.

Homemade Umbrella

I took a black umbrella we had lying around and painted it white. I then attached an old Vivitar 2000 flash to the umbrella shaft with some tie straps. I took the bulb out of the flash as I was experimenting with bare bulb flash but you do not need to do that at all. The flash is fired via an optical slave attached to the hot shoe.

I then adjusted the flash to umbrella distance to eliminate as much spillover as possible. As you can tell from the photo it does not spill over much at all.

Diffusion-Panel

Simple diffusion panel I made from PVC and $3 worth of static free material. It can be used for a reflector as well as a diffusion panel.

You could also use black material as a large gobo.

3 - 10' 3/4" PVC
2 - 90 elbow fittings
2- inline couplers
4 - tee fittings
4- end caps

Cut 2 of the 10' pieces into:
2 - 3' sections each (4 total)
1 - 4' section each (2 total)

Cut the remaining 10 section into:
4 - 2' sections
2 - 1' sections

Don't glue anything so you can disassemble when needed and swivel the feet around. It will fit snug and stay together well.