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Giroux Daguerreotype
Overview
TypeFixed-bed, double-box Daguerreotype
Focusing
FocusManual, sliding box
General
Dimensions12” x 15” x 20”

The Giroux Daguerreotype was the first manufactured camera to be sold commercially, entering the market in 1839. Its design was based on the apparatus used by Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre in his early experiments in photography.