Professional Video Matte Box for your camera
Very often, we see other people's SLR cameras with long lenses, always with a big matte box in front, and it feels like professional, but do you know the real use of the matte box? Let us know now.
Matte box purposes
The matte box (Lens Hood) is a commonly used photography accessory installed in front of a camera lens. It has a variety of materials such as metal, hard plastic, and soft plastic. The name suggests, matte box function is to stop the extra light. The camera lens is composed of multiple lenses. When the sunlight shines into the lens, the light will continue to reflect between the lens and the lens, resulting in ghosting or the feeling of a gray picture. Therefore, the matte box can help improve the image quality .
The type of matte box
Petal-shaped matte box
Petal-shaped matte box is to meet the needs of the lens viewing angle, so the left and right to do a little shorter up and down some more, the petal-shaped matte box is to facilitate the formation of the light in front of the formation of the quadrangular pyramid.
Matte Box SK-MB4
The Sevenoak SK-MB4 is a professional matte box to offer users a flexible solution for managing light, controling flare, and allowing you to configure your flags and filter stages exactly how you like it. The SK-MB4 is a universal matte box and works with camcorders, film cameras, DSLRs, 35mm lens adapter and more.
Features:
Flexible, easy to add on and remove;
Foldable and removable French flag and side wings;
Fits for industry standard 15mm supporting rods;
Universal anti-reflection fabric donut;
High-grade ABS plastic and Aluminum construction;
Adaptable to various lens sizes;
With quick release/add on clamp design;
Compatible with other accessories;
Swing away design allow you to move the matte box away easily;
The benefits of using matte box
In addition to blocking the extra light, the matte box has other benefits:
1. Use matte box to protect the lens, matte box can make the chance of accidental touch and damage the mirror to reduce
2.Matte box to avoid the impact of rain and dust lenses
3. The matte box helps to reduce the damage caused by the bump when the camera is accidentally dropped to the ground.
When do not use matte box
1. When using both a wide-angle lens and built-in flash light, the matte box has the chance of blocking the flash of light and forming a shadow
2. When using a filter that needs to be rotated, such as a CPL, the matte box may prevent the filter from working。
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