Movie standard

Film standard of a large format camera with focusing screen

The film standard is used for receiving the shim , of the film , a photographic plate or a Digibacks in a view camera . In such cameras, the film standard is connected to the device for receiving the lens, the lens standard , with a bellows . They can be adjusted against each other in order to enable perspective and depth of field manipulation according to Scheimpflug's rule . Modern digital backs in the film standard can be connected directly to a computer via cables.

See also

• photographer
• photography

Web links

Commons : View cameras  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Matthias Steinhauser: The view camera on the optical bench. Retrieved November 25, 2009 .