dry plate

Thân thiện

A photographer carefully loads a dry plate into the camera.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A historical photographic technique: A method of photography that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatin emulsion. This plate was prepared and dried before use, unlike earlier "wet plate" processes that required the plate to be exposed and developed while still wet.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The museum's collection includes several portraits taken using the dry plate process.
  • Dry plate photography represented a significant technological advance, as photographers no longer needed to carry a portable darkroom.

Advanced Usage

• "Dry plate process": The specific method or technique of using dry plates.
  • The dry plate process was commercially introduced in the 1870s and greatly simplified photography.

Variants and Related Words

• Dry plate process (noun phrase): The complete photographic technique involving dry plates.
• Gelatin dry plate (noun phrase): A more specific term emphasizing the gelatin-based emulsion.

Synonyms

• Gelatin process: A synonym emphasizing the emulsion type.
• Dry plate photography: A descriptive synonym for the technique.

Notes on Meaning

• The term "dry plate" specifically refers to the plate itself (the prepared glass sheet) and, by extension, the photographic method that utilized such plates. It is a historical term, contrasting directly with the earlier "wet plate collodion" process.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion

Từ đồng nghĩa

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