White Paper Coffee Filter as DIY Flash Diffuser?

2 years 4 months ago #729212 by Lumbar Deniro
I recently bought a Canon Speedlite-el100 for my camera, and as far as I can tell, there aren't many (if at all) plastic flash diffusers made for that model. I was thinking of making a DIY one from old Tupperware, but I don't have a heat gun to form the plastic. Would a white paper coffee filter cut and banded around the flash be a decent alternative? Has anyone tried this out, and if so, how were your results?


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2 years 4 months ago #729213 by Nikon Shooter
The best DIY diffuser is tracing paper.
An alternative is oven paper — though it has a colour,
it can be neutralised in post.

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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2 years 4 months ago #729223 by Lumbar Deniro
I didn't even think about tracing paper. I'll give that a try. Thanks!


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2 years 3 months ago - 2 years 2 months ago #730353 by KelliKMahon
I will also try it out.


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2 years 2 months ago #732116 by r1ch
What did you end up doing for a DIY flash defuser? I am curious, what type of defuser are you trying to duplicate? On camera, off camera, direct defuser (like a softbox), plastic dome bounce defuser, bounce with catchlights? Indoors, outdoors?


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