Broncolor Flash Pack Bonanza

[Daniel Unkefer]

Still Life Shell by Nokton48, on Flickr

Testing my new FOBA DIMIL Sweep Table. I want to get a large sheet of thick table glass made for it so I can "float" small objects. And cut down a sheet of thick plexi to make a shoot through diffusers

Broncolor Balloon and FOBA Sweep Table by Nokton48, on Flickr

[Mal Paso]

I used 1/4" tempered glass. A lot can be had cheap. Most large glass installers have inventories of Tempered that was The Wrong Size. You can't cut it after it's been tempered. Plus it's safer to work with.

[Daniel Unkefer]

FOBA 4 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Something like this is what I want to restore, I have an olde FOBA DIMIL Sweep Table with FOBA wheels. Yes a tempered glass top 1/4" thick would do nicely. I will start inquirinig locally there are big glass plants in this area. A scrap piece cut wrong will do the job. This will allow me to "float objects" and it's a classic technique for small products. My DIMIL table came from Florida stored outside but cleaned up nicely. Plexiglass curved piece is also a possibility.

[Mal Paso]

Another trick is a boom coming out of the center of a flat with a small shelf with adjustable angle, the boom running through the flat also adjustable. The flat can be white, grey, or another piece of art. This is better when the angle you want would show the rear glass edge. Some subjects are just too tall for certain angles on glass.

[Daniel Unkefer]

Broncolor Impact S40 300J Impact Beauty Light Homemade Grid by Nokton48, on Flickr

Basically this is the 300J unit that replaced the original Impact 41 monolight. Takes same accessories, Homemade Grid $30 for sheet of Honeycomb material which I cut with pattern and scissors. Finally spray painted it from all sides with flat black Hi Temperature Krylon. Now it makes the light I have been wanting from it for decades, so I hardly ever used it. With Diffusion sheet it becomes about the same as a Softbox, this unit now produces beautiful graduated light with soft graduated edges. And a lovely specular quality, the bowl is white inside. BTW I've never seen the Honeycomb Impact Grid offered for sale EVER in all my lookings for cheap kit.