Matte Box
A fancy Lens Shade that disposes of all but the most determined rays of potential Flare and holds one or more filters of various sizes. The best ones also allow Graduated Filters to be rotated and positioned precisely.
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Matte box is a mask used to make images suitable for wide-screen projection.
Meniscus lens is a simple lens consisting of a single piece off glass, thicker at the center than at the edges. It has one concave and one convex face.
When photographing glass products, you should always use a matte box over the camera lens. When the lighting produces a true silhouette, some highlights (fig. 6-16) may be desired to add sparkle to the glass.
Hollywood uses square filters in elaborate matte boxes, and thus the Schneider grads are squares and rectangles.
 See also: Light, Subject, Contrast, Photography, Matte
  
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