Daguerreotype

= The Daguerreotype Camera =

The daguerreotype was one of the first cameras invented by Louis Daguerre in 1837. It was one of the "first commercially successful photographic process" (Picture of the day). This camera consisted of silver plates which acted as mirrors and captured the image permanently but were reversed. Since daguerreotype required 10 minutes of exposure time the earliest pictures were of still lifes and of landscapes.

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