dark slide

American  

[dahrk slahyd] / ˈdɑrk ˌslaɪd /

noun

Photography.

1. Also called draw slide.  a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.

2. a lightproof holder for sheet film or a photographic plate.

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Example Sentences

I pull the dark slide, alert the subjects to hold real still and trip the shutter for a half-second exposure.

From Los Angeles Times

He arrives at a ranch or something, and then he puts up his white paper and then puts them against it, and the light is there and he’s got all these assistants pulling the dark slide and doing everything.

From The New Yorker

His camera held an oversized plate of about 7½ x 9½ inches, which could be rotated vertically or horizontally, plus a dark slide behind the lens that could be pulled to expose just a part of the plate.

From New York Times

The Magny 35 has a maximum effective aperture of f/4, uses a power supply of four AAA batteries, and it has an LED film counter, a tripod socket, and a dark slide.

From The Verge

One thing led to another, the butterfly batted its wings, and my bamboozled father sat in front of a dark slide of his secret imperfections.

From Salon