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Film holder
A two-sided frame that holds a sheet of film on either side for use with large format cameras.
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Techniques Glossary Film holder
A two-sided frame that holds a sheet of film on either side for use with large format cameras.

Set the timer, place the exposed film holders between the empty film hangers and the rack or tank that is used to hold the loaded hangers, and turn out the lights. To load a sheet film hanger, remove one of the sheet films from its holder.

Film holder
A light-tight, removable device for holding film on many medium-format. This allows the photographer to preload the film so he can quickly change rolls of film.

-Film holder - light tight container to hold sheet film.
-Film pack - container holding several sheets of film, so devised that when fitted to the camera the photographer can pull a tab to remove an exposed sheet and replace it with another.

4x5 in. Film Holder Cameras
Some commercial cameras are manufactured for 4 x 5 in. or 8 x 10 in. sheet film. In my view, these cameras tend to be somewhat overpriced.

Now, pick up a film holder. With one hand, hold the holder and hold the flap open. With the other hand, pick up a single sheet of film, and slide it under the film rails, as shown.

Dark slide: Cut film holders used on large format cameras.
Day light film: Color film for use in daylight or flash. These films are balanced to 5400K.

These scanners have glassless film holders and separate scanning paths for transparent and reflective media. 4X5 scans done on the 2500f at 1200 dpi actually resolved a little more detail than my Epson 2450 did at 1200 dpi.

The glass is then replaced by a film holder to capture an image. The view camera offers extreme image control. While other cameras are designed with the film plane and lens plane parallel, the view camera allows independent movement of both.

Light-tight film holder for large format cut film.
Darkcloth
Cloth made of a dark material and placed over the Photographers head and camera back to help the viewing and focusing of images on the ground glass screen of a Large format camera.

a camera with an adjustable back and the lens board, a film holder section that tilts vertically or horizontally, and a lens board that moves up, down, or to the side for distortion control.

DARKSLIDE - An opaque sheet that is slid in place over the front of a sheet film holder to protect the film from exposure to light.
DAYLIGHT FILM - Color film designed to render correct color balance when exposed in normal daylight.

View Camera: A style of camera consisting of a bellows connecting a lens support and film holder, mounted on a rail or pair of rails.

If all plan on scanning mostly prints and some negatives, look into flatbed scanners with transparency adapters and film holders for negatives and slides.

Modern professional medium format system cameras have a mount which must be used to attach either a rollfilm holder or a digital back.
Large format camera systems may allow exchange of bellows and camera back to be applicable for different formats.

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corner-to-corner sharpness is important when scanning your images, and the Flextight system ensures this by providing adjustable focal lengths inside the housing, hence the height of the unit, in addition to utilizing a unique magnetic film holder.

-Darkslide - slide-in plastic sheet used on sheet film cameras over the front of the film holder to protect the emulsion from light.

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Darkroom A lighttight area used for processing films and for printing and processing papers; also for loading and unloading film holders and some cameras.

Abrasion marks
on the emulsion surface of the film are caused by scratching. It can be due to traces of dirt trapped between layers of film as it is wound on the spool, dirt in the film holder or grit on the pressure plate ...

Sheet film is loaded into film holders that are put in the back of the camera. Electronic imaging cameras automatically go to the next free space on the storage medium.

See also: Film, Camera, Photograph, Light, Back