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What are the disadvantages of collodion photography?

When using collodion for photography, the master must be made at the shooting site. Therefore, when a landscape photographer goes out, he should take a camera, tripod and many necessary lenses, as well as many instruments: large and small bottles, scales, measuring cups, rulers, washbasins, darkroom tents and so on filled with emulsion, developer and fixative. At that time, a photographer needed photographic materials a day, weighing between 100-20 kg. Many of them trudged on the shooting scene with heavy boxes on their backs. Others rent trucks to load equipment. For example, during the Crimean War, Fenton divided the carriage into darkroom and bedroom, and rode around the battlefield in the carriage.