Rosco Photofoil Matte Black Cinefoil, 12 inch x 10 feet Roll

If you use this stuff, and know what it's for, then you know this is good stuff. Tweak the beams of your lights. Cover some light leaks. Focus a beam. Many uses, and reusable. Yes, it will get all wrinkled, but it doesn't affect the quality of what it's supposed to do. You should always have a roll handy with your gear, along with gaffer's tape, wooden clips, etc.

Been using this stuff for years, but finally needed some more. Use primarily for snooting for small items, especially food shots on location. Works great, you can bend it just the way you need it for each shot, make the snoot very small and pinpoint or larger for hair/rimlighting for portraits. Doesnt take up hardly any room in a lighting kit bag or camera bag. I just keep a few pieces for a couple of strobes, if you are careful you can bend the foil several times without breaking, then just flatten for storage in your bag. Nothing works better, no custom modifiers are as useful as this or as portable. Great stuff!!

Whenever you think of an issue within photography that you may have on a job, Cinefoil as a fix usually pops into my head at some point in time. There are so many uses you can create for this. It'll provide a shade over your lenses, you can use as a flag, you can use as a grid... Also, it can be recycled!! Countless ways. It's a little pricey but good thing is you can keep it and use it over and over.

I work in the film industry, and we use this stuff all the time. Light leaks from ARRI kits? Black wrap that. Glowing green exit sign? Black wrap that! Lens flares and your DP forgot his matte box and the grip truck is parked 6 blocks down and you don't want to send a poor PA running in 100 degree heat to go grab it? Just black wrap that! For those who don't know what this stuff is, it's like very heavy duty aluminum foil, but in matte black. It absorbs light and prevents it from bouncing, because it is coated with a special paint/chemical that allows it to behave that way. It will NOT smoke or catch on fire. However, there are people here using it for grilling and BBQ and I think that's a terrible idea. The coating on this is probably not food grade or free of carcinogens and chemicals. Please don't use it to eat with. Go buy some Reynold's Heavy Duty.

This Rosco foil is a good thickness and holds its shape. I use it in my photo studio to control light. It has a nice matte finish and is reusable over and over again.