Multiple small frame photo with 8x10 studio camera

<p>In the 70s in Shanghai studio, the photographer has some sort of masks which allow him to take multiple<br>

smaller size pictures on a 8x10" film, after taking one picture, he seems open another small door on different part of the film for another picture.</p>

<p>What is the name of such kind of multi-mask or gadget ?</p>

<p>You could cut holes in a dark slide to accomplish this... would just need two different darkslides for top/bottom and then flip them around to get the left/right sides.</p>

There were different ways to do this, depending if you wanted to take multiple shots on the same sheet at the same time

or if you wanted different shots on the same sheet.

 

In the first case there would be multiple lenses on the camera and a septum inside the camera that would divide the

images on the camera into the number of lenses on the camera. This set up could also do multiple individual shots if each

lens was in its own shutter.

 

In the second case the camera had a single lens and a shifting back.

<p>Another method uses sliding slats of wood running in slots cut in the back just ahead of the film. Using one, you'd get two 5x8s, the other two 4x10s, and both together, with a lot of sliding, would give four 4x5s. The type Bob mentions, where the back slides behind a set hole, is easier to use, since you can set the image once and slide different areas of the film to that space. With sliding slats you need to compose each quadrant or half separately.</p>

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This is the masks used in studio camera</p>

<p><strong>eUse roll film to make a mask.</strong></p>

<p><em>I have never done this, so the following is a thought experiment:</em></p>

<p>Over-expose B&W roll film ( 35mm or MF) and develop it.<br>

Load a sheet of 8x10 or ULF and tape strips of the exposed and developed roll film over it.</p>

<p>Compose and shoot as usual.</p>

<p>The exposed LF sheet should have a complete image that looks like multiple single shots done witha roll film camera.</p>