Who invented the tintype method of photography?

Answer 1

Credit for the dry plate is often given to American George Eastman, founder of Kodak, but there were several inventors of dry plate processes in the mid-19th Century to replace the cumbersome wet collodion process. Except that the inventors were working independently and in competition, the invention might almost have been called a collaboration:

* 1857: A dry collodion plate is invented by Dr. Richard H. Norris, but is unsuccessful because of very long exposure times. * 1871: Briton Dr. Richard Maddox invents the dry gelatinplate, grandfather of all photographic processes used right down to the present, but Maddox's plate also has the disadvantage of excessive exposure times. * Late 1870s: Briton Charles Bennett, working with Maddox's invention, discovers that heating the Gelatin emulsion dramatically shortens exposure times while simultaneously hardening the gelatin. Bennett patents his process and begins manufacturing, packaging and selling dry plates. * Late 1870s: British professional photographer Samuel Fry establishes a factory making and packaging dry gelatin plates in quantity. * 1879: American George Eastman invents and patents a machine for automatically coating gelatin dry plates, ultimately founding the Eastman Dry Plate Company, which later becomes the Eastman Kodak Company.

Answer 2

The Daguerreotype was supposedly invented by a Frenchman named Louis Daguerre.

He may have stolen the idea from his partner, Nicephore Niepce who invented the heliograph and the first permanent camera photograph in 1826.

As an aside, Daguerre's name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel tower.

Answer 3

A darkroom is a room that is completely devoid of light where photographs can be developed. No single person has been credited with the invention of the darkroom.

Answer 4

The tintype was created by Prof. Hamilton Smith in 1856