The Make Something Every Week Contest

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I have this little thing that fits in a SLR camera shoe, for the purpose of placing a diffuser in front of the pop-up flash.

It was a useful thing on my old camera, I'd use it for softer lighting and less harsh shadows:
With diffuser:


Without:


The problem is, my new camera has a little button in the shoe which disables the pop-up flash when something is plugged in.

Here's my solution, make one side shorter so it doesn't hit the little button:


Proof it works: I used it to take the "with diffuser" picture!

Now, I have 3 problems. 1) I measured the distance between the posts on the device I was replacing, and not the holes on the diffuser. I need to bend the fairly brittle arms out to put them in the hole. 2) The reason why the original is curvy is because the straight arms slightly interfere with the popup flash. 3) My printer sucks at supporting material, and the bottom edge is rough.

1 and 2 can be fixed by making the whole thing wider, or curvy like the original. 3 is a problem I may be able to fix by getting better software, a better printer, or a better user.