Anyone here used them or played with them.  Trying to setup something small and simple to take product shots.  Things like case fans, cables and stuff like that.

Ive seen a few that are really massive but Ive no idea what to look for or go for lights wise.

Using a Nikon D100 with a AF Micro Nikkor 60Mm 1:2.6 lense

tia

search google for DIY lightbox.
Thats all you need.

White sheet, a bit of wood for a frame, and some normal desk lamps.

Sorted.

I have proper light stands but really all you need are daylight bulbs in flexible light stands. Put a thin layer of cloth up in front of them to diffuse the light if you need to.

get a cardboard box thats slightly bigger than A4 and cut out slightly smaller than A4 holes in said box, tape some white paper (A4) over holes, few table lamps, quick White balance and your set

or get 3 sheets of paper fold each in half staple them together to form 3 sides of a cube, set WB, use flash,  then tweak contrast and or curves in photoshop

I used the last method to take this shot:

http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent

Just come across this in the post today
http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/module.jsp?moduleId=cpc/469178.xml

any thoughts?

http://www.instructables.com/id/Do-It-Yourself-Photography-Light-Box-for-Under-40/

Thanks for the links everyone, this is just what I was looking for

Alien8
did you really use flash on that because you dont seem to have the "flash spot" when you used yours??

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did you really use flash on that because you dont seem to have the "flash spot" when you used yours??

Diffusers, or bounced flash stop the flash spot.

Also the photoshop "burn" brush

the flash fired but I probably had it dialed down a stop, there is a flash spot but its the center of the ground glass that will have diffused it slightly, you can just see it on the dimples of the tin body of the brownie

 
Light tents? Pffft

Single (bounced) flash gun and some card is all you need...