29 Oct
2012
29 Oct
'12
2:37 p.m.
At 2:02 PM -0700 10/29/12, Chuck Guzis wrote:
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
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