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Photography

Eko

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2. Guy prob had to leave.

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun Sep 15, 2024, 03:32 PM

Sep 2024

How long did it take to take a photo in the 1870s?
The exposure time for daguerreotypes was originally anywhere from five minutes to half an hour, making sitting for a portrait a painful and often unsuccessful process. Innovations in the 1840s increased the sensitivity of the photographic plates and reduced the exposure time to under a minute.

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A ghost? [View all] KS Toronado Sep 2024 OP

I see it. Wow. Perhaps the plate wasn't 100% perfectly created (a flaw in manufacturing the plate), ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2024 #1

Guy prob had to leave. Eko Sep 2024 #2

Hadn't thought about exposure times, probably what it was. KS Toronado Sep 2024 #6

The guy just might have moved when the picture was taken. HeartsCanHope Sep 2024 #3

long exposures. he was moving. pansypoo53219 Sep 2024 #5

Looks like a ghost. I had a ghost in my house, she was always messing with Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #4