n. A black light-proof cloth which is draped over the rear of a view camera and the photographer's head. The primary purpose is to allow the image on the ground glass to be seen, but it also reduces the chance of fogging the sheet film when the darkslide is removed to make the exposure. _______________________________________________________

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.

Dark material used to cover the photographer's head and the ground-glass-viewing screen on large format cameras.

Material used to cover the photographer's head and camera to block surrounding light in order to better view the image on the camera's ground glass viewing screen.

cloth made of dark material placed over the photographers head and the camera back to facilitate the viewing of images on the ground glass screen of sheet film cameras.

This is a material that is used to cover a photographer's head along with the camera. The cloth blocks out any light so you can get a better view of the subject on the camera's viewing screen.