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What did Talbot's calotype process create that daguerreotypes could not?

A translucent negative for multiple prints.

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  1. A translucent negative for multiple prints ✔
  2. A color image
  3. A moving picture

Why: Talbot's process made a translucent negative that could print multiple positive copies, unlike the daguerreotype.

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Answer: A translucent negative for multiple prints. Talbot's process made a translucent negative that could print multiple positive copies, unlike the daguerreotype.

  1. Photography en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography
    created a translucent negative which could be used to print multiple positive copies
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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