29 Oct
2012
29 Oct
'12
3:21 p.m.
On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:37 PM, "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
wrote:
At 2:02 PM -0700 10/29/12, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Palladium printer checking in.
-Ryan Brooks
I've wondered if anyone makes daguerreotypes
nowadays. The thought
of boiling mercury for developing might put some people off.
(It's also akin to the way silverplating was done before
electroplating--coat the object with an amalgam of silver then boil
the mercury off. The lives of the workers so employed were
apparently noticeably shorter than the average worker.)
--Chuck
Yes. Name an old process, and I can find someone doing it without
too much effort. Though they also tend to have tweaked the processes
such that they're safer. Though I believe daguerreotype's are one of
the least safe. Good ventilation and safety measures are a must!
Zane