Dark Cloth

DARK CLOTH* My security blanket** *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 simplest form, the dark cloth is a piece of light-proof that covers your head and the back of the camera. It eliminates stray light to allow for proper viewing of the relatively dim image on the camera ground glass during framing and focusing. ** Security Blanket is a comfort object (More formally a transitional object or attachment object) A soft object such as a small piece of cloth that is very familiar to a baby or young child. Something that makes you feel safe or confident.