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The '''Calotype''' is an early negative-positive photographic process invented by [[William Henry Fox Talbot]] over a period from January 1834 to publishing and patenting the method in January 1938. The process was also known as the '''Talbotype''' after its inventor.
 
The '''Calotype''' is an early negative-positive photographic process invented by [[William Henry Fox Talbot]] over a period from January 1834 to publishing and patenting the method in January 1938. The process was also known as the '''Talbotype''' after its inventor.
  
On a bright day in 1835, Fox Talbot made his first photograph - of a window in his family home in Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire with an exposure time of 2 to 3 hours.
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On a bright day in 1835, Fox Talbot made his first photograph - of a window in his family home in Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire with an exposure time of 2 to 3 hours.
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==Bibliography==
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* [[Thomas Sutton]], B.A.: ''The Calotype Process - A Hand Book'' , London 1855
  
 
[[Category: Photographic processes]]
 
[[Category: Photographic processes]]

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The Calotype is an early negative-positive photographic process invented by William Henry Fox Talbot over a period from January 1834 to publishing and patenting the method in January 1938. The process was also known as the Talbotype after its inventor.

On a bright day in 1835, Fox Talbot made his first photograph - of a window in his family home in Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire with an exposure time of 2 to 3 hours.

Bibliography

  • Thomas Sutton, B.A.: The Calotype Process - A Hand Book , London 1855