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Postby jdear on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:19 pm

forget the $35 USD something price tag... build your own for $2.50 USD!

http://www.photographerc.com/redneck_lightthang/

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Postby Killakoala on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:22 pm

Happy birthday. :)
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:24 pm

Hah. Lol.

We need a course during the anniversary weekend... "How to make photography equipment with bits from around the home"...

And happy birthday. :)
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:33 pm

Ever since I first saw the Lightsphere last year I have been checking Woolies out to make my own - this has given me new fervour to chase up an appropriate container :D
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:35 pm

Oh no... my crystal Magic 8 Ball forsees a D70 co-hosted tupperware party. :)
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:41 pm

Nnnnsic wrote:Oh no... my crystal Magic 8 Ball forsees a D70 co-hosted tupperware party. :)


Leigh - now and again you do have brilliant ideas :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:44 pm

Not that I know anything about tupperware parties, but it's a way to involve the wife or husband (if they're into tupperware and not photography) with photography.

"I never knew you had so much interest in tupperware, honey..."
-- Oh yeah.. heaps.. Between my SB-800, a Dremel, and the tupperware, I'm in heaven...
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Postby MATT on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:46 pm

Brilliant , simply brilliant.


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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:46 pm

Leigh - you should be on the stage :wink: You have a sense of humour that goes beyond the average - Not the Nine O’clock News - Sydney style :lol:
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Postby MATT on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:53 pm

The wife has a tupperware catalouge here , a green lettuce keeper would work :D .

You would even get a nice green colour.


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Postby Nnnnsic on Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:57 pm

The tupperware has an extended use, see.

You can even get LS2's with built in colour casts for half the price!

Have you got a green set, an orange set, a red set, a blue set, a yellow set... it's the LS2 for advanced users!

Chris, it's geek humour. :)

But think of the possibilties if someone took me seriously!
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Postby the foto fanatic on Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:07 pm

You know how people were using Pringles lids for WB presetting? And then they went and changed the Pringles lids?

Here's a use for the new ones - buy 20 of them, cut off the edges, and then paste them together to make a dome.
Then tape the dome securely over your SB800, and voila - your own LS II for the cost of 20 packets of Pringles and a few hours labour.
When I've made mine, I'll post the instructions with illustrations :wink:

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Postby Nnnnsic on Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:17 pm

I think the tupperware would be less expensive and more stable. :)

Mind you, if you could make a computer case out of Pringle lids, motherboard tray and all, I would be impressed.
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Postby stubbsy on Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:23 pm

Nnnnsic wrote:I think the tupperware would be less expensive and more stable. :)

Mind you, if you could make a computer case out of Pringle lids, motherboard tray and all, I would be impressed.

Turbo cooled, of course. Much better than that (sexy) shiny aluminium one you're thinking about :wink:
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Postby birddog114 on Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:57 pm

The colour of the tupperware is too clear, The LSII is similar to the original of the Nikon diffuser.
Same as the previously Pringle lid is more darker and the new type is clearer.
The new Pringle lid won't do the right preset WB, and I suspect the clear colour of plastic of the Tupperware won't do justice.
If you want to selfmade one correctly, matching the colour of the original Nikon diffuser.
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