The silver gelatin process was introduced by Richard Leach Maddox in 1871 with subsequent considerable improvements in sensitivity obtained by Charles Harper Bennett in 1878. The Silver gelatin process is the photographic process used with currently available black-and-white films and printing papers. Silver Gelatin Print from a Wet Collodion Negativeĭry Plates and Silver Gelatin paper from the turn of the Century This is also why historical type prints cost more, than a digital print from my Zenfolio page I’m stating this information to hopefully prevent confusion between, can be considered as a Digital Pigment Print or DPP. The featured image of the Golden Gate Bridge was taken on film using an Kodak Ektar 127mm lens, with our 4×5 Ansco Universal, and has been printed on Silver Gelatin Paper. to obtain a print, I use film or glass negatives created through the wet collodion process. It’s important to note, That when I state that when I’ve identified a print as an Albumen, Salt or Silver Gelatin Paper, That these, are hand done prints that have been manipulated via hand process appropriate to the specific process, Then scanned they are not digitally manipulated.

The most Common forms of POP are identified by the binding agent used, such as Albumen or Salt. The Silver Gelatin process is used to create modern film and Develop Out Paper or simply DOP as compared Printing Out Paper, or POP. I haven’t made or used any dry-plates, instead I tend to use film with some of my dry plate cameras.

The Silver Gelatin process, is an evolution from whats historically called the dry Collodion process, or simply the dry plate.

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