photographic plate
Early camera's film
A photographic plate is a sheet of glass coated with light-sensitive emulsion, used to capture images before the advent of flexible film.
Plates were the standard medium for photography from the mid-nineteenth century through the early twentieth, and remained in specialized scientific use—particularly astronomy—well after film dominated general photography.
The observatory's archive contains thousands of photographic plates recording a century of star positions.
Blended immiscible liquids
- gelatinCollagen-derived thickening protein
- exposureState of being unprotected
- latent imageInvisible recorded light pattern
- developerOne who builds things
fixer · sensitization · coating · drying · hardening · washing · hypo · collodion
First commercial photography method
Opposite of affirmative
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- contrastNotable difference between things
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
gradation · monochrome · grayscale · panchromatic · sensitivity · highlight · shadow · halftone
Photographic scaling projector
- safelightNon-exposing darkroom lamp
- darkroomFilm processing chamber
- trayShallow portable platform
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
drying rack · thermometer · tongs · timer · squeegee
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
- spectrographWavelength-separating recording instrument
- astrophotographyImaging celestial objects
- celestialOf the sky above
starfield · nebulae · galaxies · long exposure · tracking · guiding · astrometry · photometry
Old valued collectible
- relicPreserved ancient object
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
vintage · sepia · nostalgia · archive · preservation · restoration · auction · provenance
emulsion
Blended immiscible liquids
- gelatinCollagen-derived thickening protein
- exposureState of being unprotected
- latent imageInvisible recorded light pattern
developer · fixer · sensitization · coating · drying · hardening · washing · hypo · collodion · albumen
daguerreotype
First commercial photography method
negative
Opposite of affirmative
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- contrastNotable difference between things
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
resolution · gradation · monochrome · grayscale · panchromatic · sensitivity · highlight · shadow · halftone · detail
enlarger
Photographic scaling projector
agitation · drying rack · thermometer · tongs · timer · squeegee
telescope
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
- spectrographWavelength-separating recording instrument
- astrophotographyImaging celestial objects
celestial · starfield · nebulae · galaxies · long exposure · tracking · guiding · astrometry · photometry
antique
Old valued collectible
memorabilia · vintage · sepia · nostalgia · archive · preservation · restoration · auction · provenance · historical record
- photosensitive materialsphotosensitive, film, color film, negative film, slide film
- plates
- pre-cinemazoetrope, magic lantern, kinetoscope, phantasmagoria, flip book
photographic plateimage sensor
Light-to-signal conversion chip
digital camera · smartphone camera · digital imaging · memory card · webcam
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