Thanks David, That was kinda cool. :-) So you basically get a dual gooseneck setup. But if you use so little of the flash output area, won't you lose an awful lot of light?
In principle, My idea is very similar to yours. If you add more fibres, so that it covers a substantial part of the flash fresnel, and then add a device to attach the fibres to the front of the lens. Or elsewhere, for that matter. The fibres are in principle a bit soft and wobbly, and needs to be held in place at the tip. Jostein 2007/8/23, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If your interested, I made this 3D concept sketch during my lunch break: > > <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/FOH.dwf> > <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/FOH_2.dwf> > > My flash has antennae!!! :-) > > You'll need to download and install a .dwf viewer though: > > <http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/mform?siteID=123112&id=9131297> > <http://www.bravaviewer.com/viewers.htm> (I've not used this one) > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On 8/23/07, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's one concern to take seriously. I've seen light sources for > > fibre optics with a circular "snout" where the fibre bundle goes in. > > However it should be doable to make a contraption like that to fit the > > head of an ordinary flash. Perhaps just do a styrofoam "proof of > > concept" first and then make something more serious later if the light > > throughput is sufficient. > > > > Jostein > > > > 2007/8/22, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Many, many years ago, I tried to make a fibre optic bundle for a light > > > painting project. I aquired a couple of roll ends of fibre optic thread > > > from > > > a friend at the local telephone company (at the time, they were just > > > starting to install the stuff in a big way for data transfer), and the > > > biggest heat shrink tubing I could find. > > > I spent an afternoon cutting threads and packing them into the shrink > > > tubing, and then I shrank the tube down to hold everything in place. > > > The thing definitely transferred light, but I didn't ever figure out a > > > good > > > way to attach the fiber optic to a light source. > > > > > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
