http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype Clean the board, polish, plate with silver, polish again, sensitize with Iodine, expose, fume with mercury vapor, fix with hypo. That seems to be the process. James -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Davidhazy Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 9:45 PM To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Daguerreotypes Does anyone have instructions in 25 words or less on how to make a Daguerreotype? I was thinking that possibly copper clad board used for printed circuit making might be a suitable start. I wonder how much mercury it takes as I have just acquired on the black market several mercury thyratron tubes. Each contains about 20 thermometer amounts of Hg. I also have a couple of what are called Farrand lenses - f/.7 at 75 mm focal length. So where do I start? - sure I could look it up on the net but then we would have nothing to talk about here!! Andy BTW, Cunningham, Palcewski and Mitchell - hint!
