Home-made speed strap

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a 1.5m x 1.5m non-slip mat, as used for car boots (Amer: trunks), costs about $15. Smaller pieces can also be bought for car dashboards and kitchen drawers

double-sided velcro, soft side facing outwards

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Similar to the Honl Speed Strap and Thomas Schwenger's lighting kit, this uses double-sided velcro to attach it to the camera. Two strips of non-slip mat, placed on either side of the flash head, stop it from moving around.

The velcro comes from a pack of straps ($8 for 8) made by Tesa. Each strap is long enough to go almost twice around the SB-600 flash head.

To make it truly speedy I'd need to glue the mat to the velcro. At the moment it can be fiddly to tighten up the velcro and keep the strips in place at the same time.

See also a post at DIY Photography Lighting.

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	eloisavh says: Wow! Your invention atracted the attention of more than 1000 viewers!!! : ) Congrats! : ) About your question: it's in Winterthur. : ) Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	udijw says: This is just great. Hi, I'm an admin for a group called DIYPhotography, and we'd love to have this added to the group! Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	.George says: where did you buy the velcro? lg, George Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	victorf says: I bought the set in Jumbo but I think Coop Bau+Hobby have it as well. Tesa also do a 5 metre bundle. Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	.George says: thank you. i never thinked about jumbo... i should use all resources. Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	victorf says: Unmounted, the bits look like this: Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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Home-made speed strap

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