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Old 5th March 2021, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Nat Polton View Post
I always thought ferrotype was another method of capturing the image.
Putting a glossy finish on a print was always known to me as glazing.
Interesting Nat.

Although I have read a lot of stuff about tintypes, as I would eventually like to have a go, I don't remember any mention of this word to describe it.

And thinking maybe there were two very close spellings for the two totally different processes, I looked it up and apparently it is the same word for both:

fer•ro•type (ˈfɛr əˌtaɪp)

v. -typed, -typ•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to put a glossy surface on (a photographic print) by pressing on a metal sheet (fer′rotype tin`).
n.
2. Also called tintype. a positive photograph made on a sensitized sheet of enameled iron or tin.


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