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By: MJP

MJP — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:28:34 +0000

Interfit makes a speedlight modification kit that uses a push on rubber adapter as the base. These are custom fit to specific flash heads and have a wide circular mounting plate – for $7.95. While this is a bit more than the gutter outlet, it is much more robust – and tight fitting.

http://www.adorama.com/catlite.tpl?op=large_imagemulti&sku=PASGM500

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By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:33:41 +0000

Hi Ed,

The mirror on my setup was pretty close – I say an inch and 1/2. The big key though is that you make it adjustable. I think the dish, the flash, and the their relative position will all make each dish different. The best thing I can recommend is that you test the results and adjust to taste!

Have fun and let me know when you make some pictures. I’d love to post them on the page for the readers.

Tom

By: ed

ed — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:17:41 +0000

quick question for everyone here – what’s the distance between the bottom of the bowl to the convex mirror or diffuse plate? thanks in advance.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:20:17 +0000

Phi,

Great ideas, thank you! I’ve been testing without the downspout and tend to agree with you as long as the flash can get inside the bowl. Otherwise, there is a lot of light lost out the back and it spills everywhere. I’ve been working to make the dish much more adjustable with the idea that it should fit lots of different speed lights and not having the gutter connection is key to making that work!

I also like your idea about the bracket mounting. I’ll need to experiment with that. Thanks again for your suggestions. I really like the DIY Beauty Dish being an Open Source project and this is the kind of input that makes all the difference, keep the ideas coming!

Tom