collodion process

American  

noun

Photography.

1. wet plate process.

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Etymology

Origin of collodion process

First recorded in 1865–60

Example Sentences

By his twenties, he had mastered complex photographic techniques like the collodion process, enabling him to develop large-format glass plates under harsh conditions.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

She made them with the 19th-century wet-plate collodion process.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

The wet collodion process, which was invented in 1851, gave photographers the ability to make direct contact prints from a glass negative.

From Time • Jan. 19, 2017

Three hours in the calotype and waxed-paper process, and half-an-hour sufficed for the collodion process!!

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

The first nitrate of silver bath used by Scott Archer in his discovery of the collodion process, 1850.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John