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calotype
[ kal-uh-tahyp ]
noun
- an early negative-positive photographic process, patented by William Henry Talbot in 1841, in which a paper negative is produced and then used to make a positive contact print in sunlight.
- a print made by this process.
calotype
/ 藞办忙濒蓹蕣藢迟补瑟辫 /
noun
- an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- a photograph made by this process
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of calotype1
Example Sentences
Throughout his career, Murray used paper negatives and the calotype process - a technique of creating "positive" prints from one negative - to produce his images.
Biggs experimented with the calotype process, producing "positive" prints from one negative.
Fox Talbot's image of the cat was made by creating "positive" prints from one negative - a technique he called the calotype process, after the Greek word "kalos", meaning beauty.
Daguerreotypes were unique artefacts; Talbot鈥檚 calotype was a paper negative that could yield any number of positive copies.
Polymath William Henry Fox Talbot began the history of British photography with the invention of his "calotype" process, patented in February 1841.
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