Back to Discover
💻

Photographic plate

technology Maturity 7-9

Long ago, people used glass to take pictures.

Femme-au-chien neg.jpg
Femme-au-chien neg.jpg
These glass plates held the light. They helped us see stars and space. They even helped doctors see inside us. They were very special tools. Do you like looking at old photos?

45 words
🖼️ Images & Media (4)
File:AGFA glas.jpg
AGFA glas.jpg
File:Mimosa Panchroma-Studio-Antihalo Panchromatic glass plates, 9 x 12cm, Mimosa A.-G. Dresden, Germany.jpg
Mimosa Panchroma-Studio-Antihalo...
File:Femme-au-chien neg.jpg
Femme-au-chien neg.jpg
Devil's Cascade (I0002344).tif
Up Next
💻
Daguerreotype
Technology
→
More to explore

✨ What else?

Related topics you might enjoy

Daguerreotype 0% History of the camera 0% History of photography 0% Camera 0% Photographic film 0%

🔬 Go deeper

More advanced topics to explore

Photography Microbiological culture Video

🪜 Step back

Simpler topics to build understanding

Daguerreotype History of the camera History of photography
📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 15.7 | Vital Level 5