By the late 1850s, the ambrotype was overtaking the daguerreotype in popularity. By the mid-1860s, the ambrotype itself was being replaced by the tintype, a similar image on a sturdy black-lacquered thin iron sheet, as well as by photographic albumen paper prints made from glass plate collodion negatives.

What process replaced the daguerreotype in the late 1860s?

Daguerreotype also refers to an image created through this process. Invented by Louis Daguerre and introduced worldwide in 1839, the daguerreotype was almost completely superseded by 1860 with new, less expensive processes, such as Ambrotype, that yield more readily viewable images.

Why was the daguerreotype a dead end technologically?

Why was the daguerreotype considered to be a technological dead end? The image was unique. The image could not be reproduced. Technology did not allow the mass production of photographs.

What were old camera called?

The use of photographic film was pioneered by George Eastman, who started manufacturing paper film in 1885 before switching to celluloid in 1888–1889. His first camera, which he called the Kodak, was first offered for sale in 1888.