 | The camera is laser scanned with a NextEngine desktop scanner.
Although the shininess of the camera causes a less than perfect scan,
it's good enough for this purpose. The scanned data is loaded into
blender, and the flash bouncer is modeled onto the scanned data. |
 | The flash bouncer is printed off on the 3D printer, waxed, then some
aluminum foil is taped onto the flat part of the bouncer. |
 | The camera and the bouncer. |
 | Fits nicely. |
 | A view of the flash through the hole. |
 | Careful attention was made not to cover the orange light that
aids the auto-focus during conditions of low light. |
 | A picture of a coworker with no flash. |
 | Coworker with regular flash. |
 | Coworker with flash bouncer (the light bounced off the ceiling,
but the subject squinted anyways). |
 | Another coworker with no flash. |
 | Other coworker with regular flash. |
 | Other coworker with flash bouncer. |
 | The green flash bouncer eventually broke, so a spiffy looking
Mk II flash bouncer was created. The design is beefed up a bit and treated
with cyanoacrylate for extra durability. The foil is glued on with a
UHU glue stick. |