There are such a lot of mini matte packing containers on the market in the marketplace lately that it may be troublesome to resolve which to get. I imply SmallRig alone makes 5 completely different fashions now. However if you happen to personal a 3D printer and have some filament mendacity round doing nothing, then you’ll be able to have a go at making this one.
It’s made by Edward Park at Mountain Breeze Studio, the identical man that does these cool retro lens cinema housings. This isn’t the primary matte field Edward’s made, however it’s an entire redesign over his authentic and appears tremendous slick. It additionally holds each 4×4″ (100x100mm) and 4×5.65″ (100x150mm) sq. filters – which is greater than might be mentioned for some business choices.
In addition to common glass sq. or 4×5.65″ filters, Edward’s mini matte field additionally means that you can connect a rotating filter like a round polariser to your lens and nonetheless have entry to rotate it from the skin of the matte field – additionally one other function distinctly missing from many business matte packing containers. It takes a barely unconventional strategy of being extra like a set everlasting hood than the everyday matte field, which makes use of flags. However the hood is adjustable and might be moved ahead and backwards and locked down into the place you need when utilizing it with ultra-wide angle lenses.
Apart from the filament, you solely want a handful of bits of {hardware}. You want 4 M4 x 25mm screws, 2 M5 x 17mm screws and a 5mm x 15mm spring. That’s it. The whole lot else is printable at dwelling. Edward used carbon fibre PLA to make his, because it’s the closest factor he might discover to a matte end, however you might additionally line the within of the hood with adhesive-backed velvet if you happen to solely have common black PLA, PETG, and many others. that isn’t fairly dully sufficient in texture.
Regardless that I have already got three matte packing containers, I might need to print up certainly one of these to have a play with once I set my printers again up!
