6/21/2009

Camera Mounted Reflector Tutorial

Posted by Otaku Dan

I was looking for a special reflector that can be mounted on a camera. I did find some but they are pretty expensive and it was only for DSLR cameras. I found a pretty sweet DIY Camera Mounted reflector over at Tsuki Board. All you need for this little project is a Styrofoam plates, masking tape, pen, and a boxcutter.

This is pretty easy to make this reflector, just figure out the diameter of the lens and cut. After you're done cutting the hole, use the masking tape to hold plate reflector on the camera.

It took me 3 tries to get the right size

This is the final product. Sorry for the crappy picture, I had to use my old camera for the shot

Without reflector

With reflector

If you can see in the pictures above, it does work very well. Since now that I'm using a light box, this helps a lot by removing unwanted shadows. So, do you find this tutorial helpful?

10 comments:

Seantaku said...

Wow, that's pretty slick! I will definitely try that out

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lovelyduckie said...

Do you use the flash on your camera?

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Kiri said...

...Huh. Simple and effective! Will need to try this out for sure.

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Otaku Dan said...

no

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lovelyduckie said...

Well then I guess I'll have to try it! I asked abou flash because I couldn't figure out how that being on the camera helps unless there was flash.

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DeMasque said...

Seems a good compromise solution to me. Anyway I doubt I can replicate it with my compact camera, loal. Uhm, can I ask you something regarding your "light box" setup? I haven't understood what did you used to cover the box at the top and at its sides, the light filter we can say... Do you think tracing paper will work as well?

Sorry for the bad english. XD

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Otaku Dan said...

tracing paper does not work very well as the white linen as a filter

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DeMasque said...

Ok, thanks for the drift. I'll try it as soon as possible. ^^

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Otaku Dan said...

I have never used the flash on my camera, I just have great lighting

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phossil said...

never thought about using a reflector. Maybe I will with this tutorial...


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