half-plate
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The price on the half-plate daguerreotype could go much higher than the estimate.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2017
The engineer hastily tore away the paper and took up five or six glass photographic negatives, of a half-plate size, which were damp, and stuck together by the gelatine films in couples.
From Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Morrison, Arthur
To-day, in Rome, it is easier to get a half-plate of fresh mushrooms from Noricum than to find such.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
A half-plate back focussing camera will be found suitable for general experimental work, but if this is not available, a large box camera can be pressed into service.
From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Martin, Marcus J.
He took his half-plate camera with him, however; and the two handsome free-wheel bicycles were carefully swathed for the journey.
From Big Game A Story for Girls by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
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