half-plate
Britishnoun
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The price on the half-plate daguerreotype could go much higher than the estimate.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2017
A half-plate back focussing camera will be found suitable for general experimental work, but if this is not available, a large box camera can be pressed into service.
From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Marcus J. Martin
I have here two half-plate films exposed at 8:30 A.M. to-day, one with five and one with six seconds' exposure, subject chiefly middle distance.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various
In reproducing lantern pictures from half-plate negatives, the time required on my lantern plates is from two to four minutes, using 6 inch condenser.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various
He drew from the portfolio a half-plate photograph of the thumb-print which appeared magnified to about four inches in length.
From The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
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