homemade mattebox

[Niebs]

has anyone ever built their own mattebox or sunshade from plastic or metal of some kind. i've read about some soft matteboxes, i was just wondering if anyone has made anything more resiliant?

[dakotapod]

There are several examples of DIY boxes here with various materials. You will have to dig back a bit.

[Jim Brennan]

http://www.dvxuser.com/cgi-bin/DVX2/YaBB.pl?board=Links;action=display;num=1098514695; start=0

IT's cloth with plastic inside.

[soarprod]

Oh yeah, I might know something about the Hovershade 8)

[Jim Brennan]

;D Mine works great.

[BLUESPIDER]

I built my own one time, but I can't find the darn pic. ;)

[charles]

Here are a couple of homebuilt ones: http://homebuiltstabilizers.com/gadgets%20&%20accessories.html

[Joe94]

I built my own out of some vinyl sheets that I got at a craft store it works well if you are still interested I probably work up some instructions with pictures

[gritsngumbo]

Joe94 - Instructions and photos would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[MDKfilms]

Hey Niebs_2022, have a look at the ones I make.

http://www.mdkfilms.com/mattebox

[emotepix]

Love it! More information please!
Cheers
Chris

[Niebs]

wow, mad dougk... those look real nice. thanks for all the great feedback, as usual, everybody.