Looks like a useful(cheap) lens shade device for all LF cameras.

[foraker]

Forgive me if everyone knows about this or if this is an inappropriate post. I have nothing to do with these people but thought others might be interested. In my search for a cheap, light-weight lens shade device, I came across something called the

Flarebuster (see www.flarebuster.com). It's a plastic covered annealed aluminum wire with a clip on one end (i.e. onto your front or back standard) and either a clip or a hotshoe attachment (for Ebony users!) on the other. Either one can be had for about $23-$27.

[per_volquartz1]

Works like a third hand - or the dark slide from your film holder...

 

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Works in a pinch, but a lens shade that keeps away stray light from all

sides is far more effective...

[george_huczek]

The dark slide works just as well

[jeff_buckels]

Expensive lens shades are the one of the biggest scams in photography.

AA shaded his lens with his hat. -jb

[paul_owen]

Tried a flare buster but found that the clip on the end was so small

that even a large (8 inch sq) piece of card slipped out of the grip!

The shades supplied with it are next to useless! IMHO purpose built

bellows hoods are the way to go - they are expensive but they do work

better than anything else I've tried. I use a Lee Wide Angle hood -

it pained me to pay so much for it but I think its money well spent.

[jorge_gasteazoro4]

I dont know if mine is a Flarebuster, but I swear by mine, is cheap

you can ste it at any angle, and also you can make vigneting masks

and put them in front of the lens if that tickles your fancy. I know

because mine came with some masks, i never use them but it was cool

to know. Dont be afraid to get one, you will love it. THe only draw

back is that you do have to have a hot show type holder to install.

I have one on my Linhof TK45, but not on my Gandolfi.....so most of

the time I use the dark slide...but have messed up some shot doing it

that way....

[michael_chmilar]

This is not too different from the Ebony lens shade clip:

 

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http://www.ebonycamera.com/acc.html

 

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I have the Ebony device, and it works quite well. You can mount your

ground glass protector as the shade in the clip. The Ebony clip is

easy to adjust to block top or side light flares (I've never tried

bottom).

 

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The Ebony shade clip looks more rigid than the flarebuster.

 

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It works on non-Ebony cameras. All you need is a flash bracket on the

front standard.

[john grunke]

A perfect post Matt. I also was in demand for a lense shade recenly

at issue was not somuch for cost as I simply needed it within the

hour.

My new flare killer looks like a rocket booster, found in the hvac

section at homedepot.Cost? Under $5..Does it serve it's purpose?

You Betcha!

[pete_andrews]

What's wrong with two croc clips and a length of fencing wire? Cost -

about £1 ($1.5 US).

[ben_calwell]

Years ago I made a lens shade from an empty box (100 sheets) of 4x5

Tri-X. Using the inner and outer boxes, you cut the bottom out of the

larger outer lid and then insert the inner boxes into the rectangular

hole, making a sort of bellows shade. Then I cut a hole into the

bottom of the box and used an adapter ring to screw it onto my lens.

I still use my cardboard shade to this day.

[roger_urban3]

I plan on experimenting with a cardboard tube, cut to size and spray

painted black. Either I will hold it with one hand or try to figure

out some way to attach it so I can use it for more than one lens. At

least with a cardboard tube, slots for filters could be cut. Anyone

else try this idea before?