1880s

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1880

Collodion aristotype, a print made by contact. George Wharton Simpson, Paul Eduard Liesegang and Johann Baptist Obernetter.

Platinotype. William Willis and Alfred Clements.

Letterpress halftone, a widely used photomechanical process.

1882

Gelatin aristotype, a print made by contact. William Abney.

The manufacture of orthochromatic plates begins.

1885

Gelatin DOP, gelatin silver bromide developing paper. Peter Mawdsley.

1887

Cellulose nitrate film on a stiff plate. Made by John Carbutt.

1888

Kodak is founded and produces its first camera, loaded with a 100-exposure roll of film, costing $25