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Record 1 2003-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

[An earlier photographic process by which] a piece of glass was coated with collodion to which potassium iodide had been added.

OBS

The plate was made light sensitive by immersion in a solution of silver nitrate ... then exposed to light in a camera and immediately developed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Procédé ancien par lequel une plaque de verre était recouverte de collodion auquel on avait ajouté de l'iodure de potassium.

OBS

La plaque, photosensibilisée par immersion dans une solution d'halogénure d'argent, était ensuite exposée à la lumière dans une chambre et traitée immédiatement.

Spanish

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