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Old 03-01-17, 11:32 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Jimbuna View Post
To have your photo taken with the first ever camera, you would have to sit still for 8 hours.
Not even close. The first Daguerreotypes took between 60 and 90 seconds to expose. Still a long time, but hardly eight hours.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/16677/daguerreotype-qa
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