wet plates

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Scope note
Plates used in the wet collodion process that are coated with soluble iodide and a solution of collodion, or cellulose nitrate. In a darkroom the plate is immersed in a solution of silver nitrate to form silver iodide. The plate, still wet, is exposed in the camera.
wet plates
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024