Zebra Dry Plates Dry Plate Tintype

Same ISO 2 orthochromatic silver-gelatin emulsion as the Standard and Black Glass plates, but coated on a tin / iron substrate. Produces a direct-positive tintype-style image, but as a dry-plate workflow — no wet-collodion chemistry, no time pressure, no in-the-field pouring of nitrocellulose solutions. For photographers who want tintype aesthetics without the workflow overhead of true wet-collodion practice.

Sizes: 4×5, 5×7, 8×10, 9×12 cm, plus custom dimensions on request.

Note on terminology: the "tintype" name refers to the substrate and visual character. The chemistry is silver-gelatin, not collodion. For wet-plate (true collodion) tintype practice, see Phase 4 of the photographyFYI dry-plate / wet-plate content build-out.

For practitioners who want to coat their own plates: Zebra's Silver Gelatine Emulsion Starter Kit and the DIY emulsion recipe on darkroomFYI.