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daguerreotype process

Also known as daguerreotype (process), daguerreotyping, daguerreotypy

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

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Commons category: Daguerreotypes
Commons gallery: Daguerreotype
time of discovery or invention: 1839-00-00

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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

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.