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collodion process

American  

noun

Photography.
  1. wet plate process.


Etymology

Origin of collodion process

First recorded in 1865–60

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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

Spots on Collodion Pictures, &c.—The principal difficulty I experience in the collodion process is occasioned by the appearance of numberless very minute spots or points over the whole extent of the picture.

From Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

It would be well to substitute a more fixed acid for the acetic if this be practicable, as it is in the collodion process, where tartaric is recommended.

From Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

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