Darkroom317 wrote:
Silver iodide, silver bromide, silver chloride, silver flouride are silver halides. Silver iodide is not used in silver gelatin papers and silver fouride has no photographic use. Daugerrotype is a process in which a highly polished silver mirror is coated in iodine to create silver iodide. It is then exposed and then developed in fuming mercury. Not sure what the lens has to do with anything. Sounds like the typical lomography marketing tactic
Thanks for the explanation.
I agree, the name of the lens has nothing to do with the process.
alternative. (I kinda like the steam-punk look of the lenses but doubt I'd ever buy one.)