Iodine Color Cycles in Sensitizing Daguerreotypes

One of the most common questions when it comes to making daguerreotypes is about the iodine sensitization color cycles. This video is a demonstration of the color changes which occurs on the surface of a daguerreotype plate during extended sensitization. Please be sure to pause and read the note at the beginning of the video so as to understand the context and caveats to what is demonstrated here.
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