Have you tried a piece of sandblast vinyl over the front? Feroze ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 5:16 AM Subject: Re: Diffusion options for 280T flash
> > I was wondering what people were using to diffuse the flash from > > the AF 280T. I couldn't find a Stofen unit made for it. Would the > > universal model fit? Are there other options that aren't bulky? > > Something that I do that's probably a little unorthodox (actually, I > may do a lot of things that are unorthodox, but I digress...), is > this: > > Since I do a lot of flash shooting of individual people, often at, > say, 75mm to 135mm telephoto FL's, I often equip an AF280T with a > somewhat modified AFT1 telephoto adapter. The modification? I pop > off the fresnel lens from the front of the AFT1, stick a piece of > tissue paper (I recommend Kleenex brand) (<g>) across the opening in > the AFT1, snap the fresnel lens back in place, and then tear off the > excess tissue sticking out the edges of the fresnel lens on the > front of the AFT1. (I don't generally have to perform this > modification on the spot, since I usually carry an extra AFT1 with > tissue already "installed" in the ol' kit bag.) > > Doing this cuts the effective flash output somewhat, of course, but > it does make the flash output less of an almost-point-source and a > little more of a diffuse light source. (Since I use TTL flash > almost all of the time, I don't have to know about the exact amount > of light soaked up by the tissue paper.) I use the AF280T this way > quite a bit, both for informal portraits and occasionally for macro. > > This modification is not as diffuse, of course, as are some of the > "official" methods, but I find that it does reduce the harshness of > flash portraits a useful amount. > > I keep saying that I've got to come up with something better than a > piece of tissue paper for the diffuser, but I never seem to follow > through. <g> > > Also, in a pinch, when I don't happen to have the modified AFT1 > handy, I've been known to throw a layer of a white handkerchief over > the output of an AF280T or an AF400T. > > I suppose that one could fasten a piece of tissue or something > similar to the outside front of the AF280T itself, when not using > any adapter, or to the front of the AFW1 wide-angle adapter, too. > (???) I should probably also try this someday on the AF400T's AFT2 > adapter, also. Maybe... > > Fred > >
