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Photography / Photography Gear

TTL Cord

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 - by LensNotes - Leave a Comment

What is a TTL Cord? A TTL cord is a form of a flash sync cord that has the benefit of retaining the advanced TTL metering capabilities of the camera-flash …

Cine / Cine Gear / Photography / Photography Gear

Eyecup

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 - by LensNotes - Leave a Comment

What is an eyecup? An eyecup, when relating to photographic equipment, is typically a contoured rubber cup attached to the eyepiece of the camera. Also known as eyepieces, the main …

Photography / Photography Gear

Tripod Spikes

October 25, 2020December 21, 2020 - by LensNotes - 1 Comment

What are tripod spikes? Tripod spikes are a photographic support accessory designed to improve tripod stability on tricky terrain such as ice, mud, sand or snow. Made out of stainless …

Photography / Photography Gear

Lens Board

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 - by LensNotes - Leave a Comment

What is a Lens Board? A lens board is a photographic accessory used to attach a lens to a large format camera or an enlarger. Lens boards represent the oldest …

Photography / Photography Gear

Copy Stand

June 16, 2020December 18, 2020 - by LensNotes - Leave a Comment

What is a copy stand? A copy stand, also known as a repro stand, is a device used to fascilitate the photography of large flat objects like artwork, books or …

Analogue / Darkroom / Darkroom Gear / Photography / Photography Gear

Photography loupe

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 - by LensNotes - Leave a Comment

What is a photography loupe? A photography loupe, also called negative magnifier or film loupe, is used to inspect processed film or prints. It’s a single or multiple element magnifier …

Analogue / Photography / Photography Gear

Dark Cloth

May 21, 2020May 22, 2020 - by LensNotes - Leave a Comment

What is a dark cloth? A dark cloth, also called a focusing cloth or hood, is a photographic accessory that is primarily used with large format view cameras. In it’s …

Analogue / Darkroom / Darkroom Gear / Photography / Photography Gear

Film Leader Retriever

May 13, 2020December 21, 2020 - by LensNotes - Leave a Comment

What is a film leader retriever? A film leader retriever, also called film picker or extractor is a film processing tool. It is used to retrieve the end of a …

Analogue / Photography

Bulk Film Loader

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 - by LensNotes - Leave a Comment

What is a bulk film loader? A bulk film loader, also known as film winder, is a device that fascilitates the winding of 35mm film from a bulk roll into …

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