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I'm currently looking for a flash diffuser for the Canon Macro Twin MT-24EX. I see that many people make their own. However, I'm not very good about building stuff. Is there anything available in the market? I haven't found much so far.

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You don't have to 'build' much. Just cut two appropriately sized pieces out of a plastic milk bottle or other similar 'frosted' plastic and tape them onto the flash. Heck, even parchment paper for cooking will do a half decent job. – ElendilTheTall Feb 8 at 8:46
Or a tissues. I usually make diffusers for macro from tissues. Cheap, weights nothing and works wonders! – MarcinWolny Feb 9 at 15:26
Because you're taking macro photos, and the flashes are close to the subject, I would imagine the flash heads are relatively large compared to the subject, and I'd question if you even need a diffuser. I think you're mainly going to just scatter light away from the subject and not really improve your images. Tissue or milk jug plastic, as desribed above should do fine. – MikeW Feb 10 at 1:09

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