Purchase of diffuser cloth?

[nightwolf75]

got a couple of 2L ice cream tubs lying ard... so decided to try to DIY a softbox... ;p

short of buying a used shoot-thru umbrella and stripping it of the cloth, does anyone know where i can get a piece of diffuser cloth? i dun suppose ruby or cathay sells spare cloth, do they? :embrass:

 

[Reportage]

got a couple of 2L ice cream tubs lying ard... so decided to try to DIY a softbox... ;p

short of buying a used shoot-thru umbrella and stripping it of the cloth, does anyone know where i can get a piece of diffuser cloth? i dun suppose ruby or cathay sells spare cloth, do they? :embrass:

depends on the power of the flash, if set to ttl then normal solutions would be fine. If always at max strength, be surprised how effective cloth from handkerchiefs and tissue paper is.

 

[nightwolf75]

depends on the power of the flash, if set to ttl then normal solutions would be fine. If always at max strength, be surprised how effective cloth from handkerchiefs and tissue paper is.

lets say a SB800? :dunno:

i know tracing paper also works. just dat it's kinda troublesome to always have to cut a piece of tracing paper to size everytime i want to use it.

i have an old umbrella lying ard... just dat i'm trying not to strip it for the cloth...

 

[catchlights]

since you are DIYing, go to this place, the are many shop sell nylon cloth for make canopy, just look for thinest white nylon cloth will do. cheap and good.

 

[Reportage]

lets say a SB800? :dunno:

i know tracing paper also works. just dat it's kinda troublesome to always have to cut a piece of tracing paper to size everytime i want to use it.

i have an old umbrella lying ard... just dat i'm trying not to strip it for the cloth...

SB800 is just about as powerful as the SB900 imo.

if you are traditional chinese maybe bad luck but now should be bound to have people throwing away old umbrellas. use them?

 

[nightwolf75]

SB800 is just about as powerful as the SB900 imo.

if you are traditional chinese maybe bad luck but now should be bound to have people throwing away old umbrellas. use them?

when i said umbrella, i meant those studio umbrellas....

anyway, i think i will just strip my existing umbrella of the cloth and get a newer umbrella. my old one is starting to turn yellowish anyway...