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What main advantage did Callotypes have over Daguerrotypes?

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The calotype process produced a translucent original negative image from which multiple positives could be made by simple contact printing. This gave it an important advantage over the daguerreotype process, which produced an opaque original positive that could be duplicated only by copying it with a camera.

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ypu could make multiple copies and the process of making it was much faster and less dangerous as making a daguerrotype required using mercury
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