i have an XZ-1/PT-050 and use the internal flash only for diving. prefer small rig i

[anenomefishman]

can clip the camera to a rectractor on my BCD. I lost my flash diffuser the first day diving. had to try to figure out how to overcome this diving in Indonesia (mostly wakatobi) for 11 days. what would you do?

 

[dimac]

top of my mind, you can make your own diffuser from a white powdered milk can lid or milk jug. thats what i used before for topside supermacro.

 

[anenomefishman]

top of my mind, you can make your own diffuser from a white powdered milk can lid or milk jug. thats what i used before for topside supermacro.

the flash diffuser is pretty large hard to replace. Instead, I chose to zoom out to past where the shadow of the camera barrel was on my camera. that is effectively 12-14 mm zoom or so on this camera. my OP pic taken at 12 mm.

 

[dimac]

I may have misunderstood your question. Are you asking how to overcome not having a diffuser or a viable replacement that can be done fairly quickly?

 

[anenomefishman]

at the time, I decided to just focus past the shadow of the barrel of the camera which is at least 12-14 mm instead of trying to recreate flash diffuser. I am back in the usa now, so it is a done deal.

 

[beepbird]

A couple of pieces of frosted Scotch tape over the flash might have worked in a pinch.

I shoot with the XZ-1 as well.