I have been using a 4 foot square of black cloth as a darkcloth with my 4x5 monorail and find many annoyances with it! Soooo, it's time for something different.
It would be convenient to have the darkcloth attached to the camera and I have heard some people use velcro. If it's a breezy day, you don't want the cloth fluttering in the wind during the exposure and the velcro I have seen is pretty tenacious so it would be hard to remove without risking shifting the camera.
I thought about putting two screws in the top of the camera and a couple of eyelets in the darkcloth so it would just hook in place (maybe with some elastic to hold the cloth closed around the rear frame). Anybody have a better way?
I was also thinking of sewing the camera end of the darkcloth into a tube (only for about 6") to eliminate the light leaks under the rear frame. Does it work?
[I am too cheap to pay $$$ for a "professional" darkcloth that I can make myself, but I'm not above stealing good ideas from others! ;-) ]
Any and all ideas on the ideal darkcloth design are greatly appreciated!
Good light to all!
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