But then again - if you're making repros you wouldn't go for a short focal length and closeups. I actually can't think of a single photo I ever took with a short focal length and close focus... But even if - I don't think the ED would produce uneven results, I'll test it tomorrow but I just can't see how it might happen.
Do you have the first version or version 2.0?
Hi Christoph,
The closer focusing distance doesn't help either. I do not use an Expodisc myself, but I've seen examples of the gridpattern interfering with what a diffuser for Flatfielding or ColorCast removal should do, i.e. produce a completely featureless diffuse and out of focus (because too close if flush with the lens threads) light surface.
It's not unexpected, because the device was not designed to photograph through, but to make an integrated measurement of total angle of view Exposure level and Whitebalance by removing most detail.
I can't find the examples on the web right now, but I know they threw some efforts that needed a fully diffuse light surface off, enough to cause problems with ColorCast removal and light fall-off correction.
A diffuser on the other hand should mimick a Lambertian Reflection of a perfectly uniformly lit featureless surface, a uniform lightfield. So it should be as insensitive to the angle of incoming light as feasible, and reflect or transmit perfectly diffuse in all directions. Transmission is easiest, because that avoids reflections from the rear surface, but an out of focus or featureless diffuse reflecting surface also works (although it's harder to illuminate a larger surface uniformly).
Cheers,
Bart