matte box

He called for a matte box to mask half of the camera lens, having read about the technique used for old Hollywood films.

Another purpose of a matte box is to hold glass or plastic filters in place in front of the lens.

The changes were made in order to produce a film friendly system that utilizes many standard camera accessories, such as the follow focus, matte box, heads, etc.

The 416 series is compatible with some 35mm camera accessories, such as PL-mount lenses, base plates, matte boxes, follow focus units, etc.

Lens hood: used on the end of a lens to block the sun or other light source to prevent glare and lens flare (see also matte box).

The camera could be used with Field's camera light screening unit (matte box) which been manufactured for many years by the Chrosziel Filmtechnik company in Germany.

Today, matte boxes are made for DV cameras and HD cameras for the same reasons as for film cameras.

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Typical camera accessories are: spare batteries, lens adapters, matte boxes, optical filters, tripods, geared and fluid heads for smooth panning and tilting, follow focus systems, external microphone(s), and storage cases.

A smaller variant with an articulated arm, colloquially known as a French flag, is occasionally attached to the movie camera at the discretion of the focus puller solely for the purpose of blocking light flares which the matte box and its accessories cannot reach.

A matte box may have a bellows, a rigid sunshade or both, where the bellows is positioned within the rigid sunshade, having a mask which may be adjusted forward or back to suit the angle of view of the camera system.

During production, 1st ACs are also responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of all camera equipment and accessories, such as lenses, filters, batteries, film magazines/recording media, matte boxes, etc., and for configuring the camera and its accessories in multiple ways for different setups.