calotype

(noun)

An early photographic process introduced in 1841 by William Henry Fox Talbot that used paper coated with silver iodide; also known as a talbotype

Related Terms

  • tintype
  • ambrotype
  • cyanotype
  • camera obscura
  • daguerreotype
  • photoetching
  • pinhole camera
  • bitumen

(noun)

an early photographic process introduced in 1841 by William Henry Fox Talbot, using paper coated with silver iodide; also known as a talbotype

Related Terms

  • tintype
  • ambrotype
  • cyanotype
  • camera obscura
  • daguerreotype
  • photoetching
  • pinhole camera
  • bitumen

Examples of calotype in the following topics:

  • History of Photography

    • In 1840, Talbot invented the calotype process, which, like Daguerre's process, used the principle of chemical development of an invisible latent image to reduce the exposure time to a few minutes.
    • Unlike a daguerreotype, which could only be copied by rephotographing it with a camera, a calotype negative could be used to make a large number of positive prints by simple contact printing.
  • Development of Photography

    • He also invented the calotype process, which produces a paper print from a negative image.
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