daguerreotype process
Sign in to savethumb|Daguerreotype portrait of a daguerreotypist displaying daguerreotypes and cases pictured in an airtight frame, 1845 thumb|upright=1.1|Daguerreotype of Louis Daguerre in 1844 by Jean-Baptiste Sabatier-Blot
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- History
- Development in France
- First mention in print (1835) and public announcement (1839)
- ''Camera obscura''
- Process
- Plate manufacture
- Polishing
- Sensitization
- Exposure
- Development
- Becquerel variation
- Fixing
- Casing and other display options
- Unusual characteristics
- Reduction of exposure time
- Unusual daguerreotype cameras
- Portraiture
- Proliferation
- Astronomical applications in the 19th century
- Late and modern use
- Gallery of sample daguerreotypes
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Daguerreotype portrait of a daguerreotypist displaying daguerreotypes and cases pictured in an airtight frame, 1845 thumb|upright=1.1|Daguerreotype of Louis Daguerre in 1844 by Jean-Baptiste Sabatier-Blot
Daguerreotype was the first publicly available photographic process, widely used from the 1830s to 1850s. "Daguerreotype" also refers to an image created through this process.