request ....

basflt

... for tips and or links to make [or buy] a beanbag

heard a lot about it , lots of people use em
but i cant find useful info [ did search internet ]

dimensions ?
material ?
filling material ?

:thumbin advance

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posted in macro section ,
as thats where these are used
normally .

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Daver

Try the link below. Although I do not use the product, I found the article interesting.

http://www.phototravelreview.com/apex-bean-bag-review/

Hope you find what you were looking for....... Daver

puzzledpaul

Essential piece of kit with one rig (as per attached pic) and also now being used ( - like earlier tonight in back garden) with my macro setup.

dimensions ? 350 x 225mm
material ? lower part of a child's waterproof (over) trouser leg ... some sort of nylon (might have a tag somewhere on the remaing bit) ... cost £1 in a Jan sale
filling material ? 2.6kg mixed bird food (seeds)

A fellow (local) 'tog who also makes sails for his canoes, sewed up one end and sewed heavy duty velcro on the other.

I change the filling every now and then - and, surprise, surprise ... feed the birds with it

Depends on your setup, but unlikely to need one quite as big for dedicated macro purposes, I'd have thought?

hth

pp

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/pppix/bankside.jpg

basflt

thanks for taking time to reply

if and when i made something good , i'll let you know

Wicked_Dark

I have two bags of supermarket barley inside a ziplock bag. Cost, about $1.50. Use it all the time. It's a bit on the small side, but my rig isn't large. Maybe 8 inches square. Portable though.

basflt

^^^^
yet another good idea , thanks

puzzledpaul

Whilst it wasn't a particularly conscious thought at the time, when I cut off the bottom of the trouser leg - more a case of eyeballing / 'that'll do' - with use, I've come to appreciate the fact that the bag is rectangular, rather than square, since it offers a different option in use.

pp