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The great
advantage of Talbot's method was that the process
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involved both a
negative and a positive. The negative image,
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the calotype,
was repeatable indefinitely in a positive print,
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finally
allowing multiple prints.
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By 1880, a
convenient “dry plate” process was developed,
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allowing very
fast development and opening the field to the
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general public.
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