For viewing the image on the backside, as in this example.
“Dark Cloth” or “Focusing Cloth."
Under the cloth.
We always just called it the cloth.
Thanks!
Old joke:
Model #1: What’s he doing under that cloth?
Model #2: He’s getting ready to focus.
Model #1: What, both us?
The ground glass focusing screen is hard to see with ambient light all around. I used to bring a loupe under the cloth to critical check focus.
ETA: Nice joke
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