Special Lighting Devices
Certain items require to be specially lit if they are to be seen to advantage. Some may require illumination from behind, others from the side and yet others from the true front with no shadows. The devices described here were designed for these sort of special applications.*
Axial lighting
Positioned in front of the camera at 45 degrees to the axis of the lens a fifty-fifty mirror or even a sheet of glass will bounce light from one side on to the object being recorded. This arrangement is particularly useful where there is a need to suppress shadows. Being on the same axis as the camera lens, every shadow is directly behind the object which produces it and is therefore unseen by the camera. Crumpled paper, multi-planed ...
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