From: Mac Legrandi (juicebox@my-deja.com)
Date: 05/27/01-07:42:31 PM Z
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Hello!
I've been reading about the Becquerel-developed daguerreotype process. i'd like to do still lifes with conventional tungsten lights. is this process just sensitive to UV light, like most of the alt proceses? Would i need a UV rich light source, or just move everything outside?
Other than the book "COMING INTO FOCUS" is this proces discussed in any other sources?
Interestingly, when I was shopping the net for Iodine crystals, i found the price for 100g to range quite a bit. The process is very similar to a forensic fingerprinting process, and they sell the same amount of crystals for $24, half that of many alt photo sources.
Also it is used in for horses and probably can be purchased at a feed and grain store even cheaper. One WARNING is it is also used to make the drug "Meth" and you may get a knock on your door from the police if you purchase some. There are some frightening stories on the web about police going after people purchasing iodine crystals.
Mac
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