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Note: I started this out on the B&S Forum, but it was too much of a fundraising sort of thing I was trying and I'd rather not make a moderator have to deal with it.
Tired of waiting for a Stofen Omnibounce for your new Canon 580ex? Or is Gary Fong's LightSphere II seem a little too obnoxious in appearance?
Here is an alternative that you wouldn't expect to find on any other forum, much less here at FM! This is the brand new RA Bounce Dome is in mint condition. It's obviously in mint condition since it just came off the "mint" yesterday when I created it. My friend "Pidge" commented recently that the prices of these difusers were outragously priced compared to the cost of the materials. That got my mind thinking...why not make my own
I am not that creative of a thinker in general and, admittedly, and usually take some pretty ordinary photos. But it didn't take long before the perfect material came to mind. Since my 580ex came in Friday and I had a little event I wanted to photograph last night, I started and completed this nifty bounce in a matter of 30 minutes or so. Here it is!
http://www.chestnuts.us/images/RAbounce.jpg
What in the heck you say? It worked pretty well actually, and is a custom difuser you won't find available anywhere else. Manufactured from a Rite Aid rubbing alcohol (thus "RA") bottle, the top was cut off on my Delta Unisaw (the 1Ds of table saws) and the edges were sanded to avoid scratching my new 580ex. It was close, but did not quite fit the 580ex head. No problem! I put on some gloves and heated it up over my stove's gas burner and slightly stretched it out to the perfect "glove" fit for the 580ex.
Pretty cool, huh?
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