Difference between revisions of "Dark slide"
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| − | A '''dark slide''' is a thin box, designed to hold sheet film so that it can loaded into a camera (typically a [[view camera]]) without exposing the film to light. A sliding cover can be opened whilst in the camera to allow the film to be exposed to the lens, and then replaced for film removal. Sometimes this cover is itself referred to as a dark slide. | + | A '''dark slide''' is a sliding cover that closes part of a camera to light. |
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| + | The term has come to mean a holder for a sheet of film (or previously a glass plate), in the form of a shallow box, closed by a dark slide (these holders are commonly '''double dark slides''', containing two sheets of film, and with a dark slide cover on each face). Most large-format cameras accept film in this way. The dark slides are loaded in a darkroom or dark-bag, and the camera can then be loaded in the field in daylight. Once in the camera, the dark-slide cover can be withdrawn without exposing the film. | ||
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| + | Removable roll-film holders used with some large- and medium-format cameras (for example the [[Graflex Speed Graphic]] and the [[Hasselblad 500 C]]) also have dark slides. | ||
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| + | A '''dark slide''' is a thin box, designed to hold sheet film so that it can loaded into a camera (typically a [[view camera]]) without exposing the film to light. A sliding cover can be opened whilst in the camera to allow the film to be exposed to the lens, and then replaced for film removal. Sometimes this cover is itself referred to as a dark slide. --> | ||
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Revision as of 23:59, 29 September 2014
Glossary Terms
A dark slide is a sliding cover that closes part of a camera to light.
The term has come to mean a holder for a sheet of film (or previously a glass plate), in the form of a shallow box, closed by a dark slide (these holders are commonly double dark slides, containing two sheets of film, and with a dark slide cover on each face). Most large-format cameras accept film in this way. The dark slides are loaded in a darkroom or dark-bag, and the camera can then be loaded in the field in daylight. Once in the camera, the dark-slide cover can be withdrawn without exposing the film.
Removable roll-film holders used with some large- and medium-format cameras (for example the Graflex Speed Graphic and the Hasselblad 500 C) also have dark slides.
