A plate camera is a type of camera that uses photographic plates to capture images. Plate cameras were the first type of camera to be widely used, and they remained popular until the early 20th century, when film cameras began to take over.
Plate cameras are typically very large and heavy, as they need to accommodate the large photographic plates. They also have a very long exposure time, meaning that the subject must remain still for several seconds while the image is being captured.
A half plate camera is a type of plate camera that uses photographic plates that are 4¾ × 6½ inches (120 × 165 mm) in size. This makes them smaller and lighter than full-plate cameras, which use 6½ × 8½ inch (165 × 216 mm) plates.
Half plate cameras were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as they were a good compromise between the image more...
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