Re: Collodion

Halvor,

Could you be a little more specific about “collodion printing”? I visited
and helped a group of fellows in Tokyo with the Wet Plate Collodion
process a few years ago. I assume you are not talking about printing from
Wet Plate negatives when you say “collodion printing”. Why use collodion
in printing?

I had heard ( in the U.S.) that Japan still uses collodion in commercial
processes. The people I talked to did not know of any one else, except
perhaps a college professor, who was doing anything with collodion I
thought that maybe it was a myth.

I did run across what looked to be wet plate cameras in a museum, I think
it was the EDO museum some where in Tokyo.
So I am very interested to hear anything you may find out.

Ken Watson
watsok@frii.com

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Received on Mon Dec 13 07:28:23 2004