A Manual of the Collodion Photographic Process - Conclusion

Contents

• Preface
• Introduction

Part 1

• Collodion Process
• Preparation of the Gun Cotton
• Preparation of Collodion
• Iodizing of Collodion

Part 2

• Preparation of Collodion Film
• Immersion of Plate in the Bath
• Exposure of the Prepared Plate to the Action of Light
• Development of the Image
• Fixing of the Image

PART III

• The Whitening Process
• The Camera
• Description of the Camera
• Glass Bath
• Photographic Lens
• Summary of Precautions
• Conclusion

Conclusion

In conclusion, I do not hesitate to say, that no one with ordinary care and forethought in procuring good chemicals, and strict attention to cleanliness in the different stages of the process, will fail to meet with success: and if after a little practice a fixed method in the arrangement of the various accessories required can be attended to,—keeping, in fact, everything in good order,—the whole process will be found a source of much pleasure. In the practice of no other process at present known, can such good results be obtained, with so little labour and cost.

That part of the process described at page 46, alluding to the mode employed for removing the drawing from the glass, is particularly adapted for the artist whose sole object may be to obtain sketches of nature with rapidity and ease, and to whom the labour of carrying a large stock of prepared glass would be an insurmountable objection to its use. By taking care to procure a good strong collodion, this part of the manipulation may be conducted with ease after a few trials.

l wish it to be understood, however, that it is not at all necessary in the ordinary working of the process, to roll up, or in any way re- move the pictures from the glass upon which they have been made.

When glass can easily be procured, or is at hand, it would obviously be taking unnecessary trouble to do this.

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