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Monday, February 18, 2008

week one, the early days


portable camera obscura


One of the first commercially made daguerreotype cameras that was made in 1839. It was designed by Mr. Daguerre



1/9th plate (actual size 2 5/8" x 3 1/4") is a very early Daguerreotype from the mid 1840s.
William Henry Fox Talbot1835 Talbot made pictures on his argentic chloride sodden photosensitive paper with the help of a camera obscura. The first picture he made was of a barred window in his house. The exposure took about an hour.
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