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Why It Is OpenNiepce's own correspondence with his brother Claude places his first successful permanent camera image sometime between 1822 and 1827, and the exposure length is itself disputed: an eight-to-nine-hour mid-20th-century estimate against a later finding of several days. 1 What Would Resolve ThisA firmly dated Niepce document narrowing the range, or a forensic re-examination of the surviving plate itself. 1 Discipline Needed Question Kind Question Status Reader Facing Open Question
Niepce's own correspondence with his brother Claude places his first successful permanent camera image sometime between 1822 and 1827, and the exposure length is itself disputed: an eight-to-nine-hour mid-20th-century estimate against a later finding of several days.
What would resolve this A firmly dated Niepce document narrowing the range, or a forensic re-examination of the surviving plate itself.
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Niepce's correspondence with his brother Claude has preserved the fact that his first real success in using bitumen to create a permanent photograph of the image in a camera obscura came sometime between 1822 and 1827.
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