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Retracing the Chemistry of the First Photograph

Posted by timothy on from the photon-by-photon dept.

StarEmperor writes: "CNN has this article about experts trying to determine how the world's oldest known photograph (1826!) was produced." Even though the basic process is known, the details of how it was produced are lost.

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  1. More Important by Picass0 · · Score: 3, Funny


    When was the first celebrity fake jpeg and when was it posted to usenet?

  2. Digital trickery by alex.shultz · · Score: 2, Funny

    There has been some Photoshopping (GIMPing?) done on that photo. In the original there is a thumb in the upper right corner of the picture.