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I tried to follow this person’s instruction on youtube, I did not find some of the items from this video.

Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MrRiO6bOWk

Materials:
3/4 PVC Coupler (x1)
3/4 PVC Pipe sch 40 – cut to 3/8″ inch length (x1)
3/4 PVC Pipe sch 40 – cut to 1-1/2″ inch length (x1)
1/4 x 1″ inch Washer (x2)
1/4 nut (x1)
1/4 x 2-1/2″ inch round head phillips screws

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STEP 1
take the 3/8 inch length PVC Pipe place them inside the side A 3/4 PVC

Coupler, place it down down deep inside until it can’t move.

STEP 2
take the 1-1/2 inch length PVC Pipe place inside the side B 3/4 PVC Coupler.

STEP 3
take both of the washers on both sides.

STEP 4
place the screw inside through Side B, and let the point out of side A.

STEP 5
take nut and tight the screw until firm.

2009 October 10 – TWO PART: homemade built-in-pop-up flash diffuser

Materials
* wired coat hanger (x1)
* lipper see & store magnetic plastic storage container top (x1)
* paper (x1)

Tools
* pliers – optional
* scissors
* duct tape
* tape – optional

Source taken from Sillyxone from Instructables.com
[ http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-built-in-pop-up-flash-diffuser-soft-screen/ ]

Step 1
- use pliers if you need to untangle the hanger to straight, than form the middle of the wire of the shape of your hot shoe. be sure that the shape can be easily slide through where a flash unit can slide inside the hot shoe.

Step 2
- by trial and error you must bend the wire the way you want it to. I did not cut the wire, but I twisted and bended the ends over and over again, and used duct tape to keep them together, so that the ends wont be poking out.

Step 3
- I folded the paper, and traced a circle of the storage container top on paper to make it thinker. Than, I cut out the circle, and placed inside the container top.

Step 4
- I noticed that the container top has a slot on the side, for the wire to go, so i bend the wire closer to themselves so that the container top can be wedge between the wires and hold in place.

I set it up with my d40, and took a few shots to see the difference with my pop-up built-in flash. I don’t have a flash unit, but I wanted to experience with flash, so this is my way.

I did a few test shots of how this built-in-pop-up flash diffuser of a few things, and you can see the difference without flash, with flash, and with the diffuser.

Down below are examples of my camera with this rig, and some of examples of how it changes. No editing has been done, only the fact that i re-size the images.

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PVC Camera POD

September 18, 2009

I want a tripod, but some of them are in the 20-30$ range, and I wanted to see if I can build my own.

I did however build myself a pvc light tent a year back, so ive taken parts of if apart and started to think and build a stand for the tripod. Tripod have three legs to set up, but my version as a Do It Yourself er has four leg types for support.

I searched on Google and YouTube for the basic words, “PVC”, “Camera” , “Tripod” , and “Monopod”. Ive seen some pictures of other projects, and begun to think of their ideas and incorporating them into my design.

I came up with two basic builds, which are; the Camera Arm, and the Monopod.

I had to think of a way to be able to use a single pipe and be able to move my camera up and down without using different lengths of pipe, would be aggravating to carry so many pipes. To my finding, I found a package called “Add on Repair TEE, just glue nap & twist, No Drilling, Tee with 1/2 Threading riser for the 3/4“. I looked at the pictures, and it demonstrates just connecting this anywhere onto the 3/4 pipe, and be able to cut it or add a TEE anywhere without buying an extra Tee. With this item, I can move it up and down my 5 feet pipe.

This is still a work in progress and I can change any features that i wish. I will need someone to record me to show you how it works, I only can take pictures of right now, but I will see over this weekend.

CAMERA ARM
(1) 1/4″ x 1″ bolt
(2) 1/4″ nuts
(1) 3/4 pvc plug [1.29]
(1) 3/4 coupling SLIP [0.29]
(1) 2″ inch pvc pipe
(1) 3/4 tee SLIP [0.59]
(1) 3/4″ SLIP x 1/2″T [0.79]
(1) 1/2″ x 1/2″ Fastener [0.49]
(1) TEE Repair 3/4×3/4×1/2T [6.49]

MONOPOD
(1) 5 Feet pvc pipe [1.99 cutable]
(1) 3/4 tee SLIP [0.59]
(2) 2″ inch pvc pipe
(2) 3/4 tee SLIP [2x0.59]
(2) 2″ inch pvc pipe
(2) 3/4 tee SLIP [2x0.59]
(2) 2″ inch pvc pipe
(4) 3/4 elbow SLIP [4x0.39]

With the items I had before and items that i need to buy, this
project was only 16.85 total.

Here are some photographs;

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I must find a better 3/4 pipe with a thinker inner diameter because the 3/4 pipe i got is very unsafe with my digital slr. It seems to be fine with my smaller point & shot camera. I think tomorrow I will be going back to the hardware store.