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I have a collection of daguerreotypes here. Really an amazing method. I wish that I had a way to make them. Of course heating mercury and using the vapors to develop the plates is not exactly safe....
Bill
Bill
It lasted about 10 years commercially, and was replaced by the much simpler and cheaper tintype
I think you missed a step there. Didn't the ambrotype replace the daguerreotype (which was preceded by the albumen print) before the tintype came along?