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calotype
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calotype [ˈkæləʊˌtaɪp]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) 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
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a photograph made by this process
[from Greek kalos beautiful + -type]
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After experimenting with various methods like Daguerre and calotype process, finally collodion, or the wet plate technique was universally accepted.
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This led to the growing need of finding a way to copy pictures and finally led to the invention of the Calotype process by William Henry Fox Talbot.
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The daguerreotype process used copper plates for this purpose while the calotype process recorded the images on paper.
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