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Wow, only three to thirty minutes?

January 23, 2005 at 10:40 pm · Comments (0)

Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, “Daguerreotype,” 1830s (quoted in Classic Essays on Photography, 1980):

In order to obtain a perfect image of nature only three to thirty minutes at the most are necessary, according to the season in which one operates and the degree of intensity of the light.

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