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Recently, photopolymers have been used for making holographic diffusers. Photopolymers offer better performance than other materials and have a large viewing angle. Also, the process of synthesizing photopolymers is much simpler.
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Walecki, Wojciech, and Peter Walecki. "Robust diffuser and roughness metrology tool for LED manufacturing." SPIE OPTO. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2015.
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Silk sheets can also be used as diffusers, and in fact were until the invention of translucent plastics. "Opal" is a common translucent or
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Diffusion filters may be used to diffuse the light falling on the subject, or placed between the camera and the subject for a hazy effect.
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or shooting through a nylon stocking. Diffusion filters may be uniform or may have a clear center area to create a
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or boomerang. Placed in front of a stage light, it gives quick changes in lighting gel, including a diffusion filter
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Effects of a diffuser in close-up photography (for more information, see file description)
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Diffuser on a camera flash. Made from a sheet of paper, a rubber band, and two staples.
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A lighting technician holds a reflector to diffuse the light falling on a politician
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A perfect (reflecting) diffuser (PRD) is a theoretical perfectly white surface with
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A more formal diffuser filter over a camera flash, flanked by reflectors
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In effect, the light will not come from one concentrated source (like a
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Both transmitting (softbox) and reflecting diffusors are used to light
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Top left: original image. Bottom left: diffusion filter. Top right:
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light from a white surface, while more compact diffusers may use
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Reflecting diffusers for photography are generally called "
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Index

Diffusion filter
Diffuser (disambiguation)
optics
diffuses
scatters
soft light
reflecting
translucent
ground glass
teflon
opal glass
Lambertian reflectance
diffractive optical element
diffraction
refraction
monochromatic light

flash
camera
film lighting
stage lighting
color gel
lighting gel
Shōji
reflectors
spotlight
portrait
photographers
Diffuser on a camera flash. Made from a sheet of paper, a rubber band, and two staples.
A more formal diffuser filter over a camera flash, flanked by reflectors

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