Tintype, also melainotype and ferrotype, is a photographic process first described by Adolphe-Alexandre Martin in France in 1853, and patented in the United States in 1856 by Hamilton Smith, professor at Kenyon College, in Ohio, ...
Tintypes were the invention of Prof. Hamilton Smith of Ohio. They begin as thin sheets of iron, covered with a layer of black paint.
Using his original tintype plates, Dole scans them and brings them into the computer where he applies 21st-century Adobe Photoshop and Nikon Capture NX 2 digital processing to make prints, ...
By the time he was 14 years old Weegee had his first photography job as a tintype photographer [The tintype produced on metallic sheets instead of glass.
The Ferrotype Process, also known as "tintype" or "melainotype" process, refers to the photographic process of reproducing images on iron ("ferro") or tin.
1855-57: Direct positive images on glass (ambrotypes) and metal (tintypes or ferrotypes) popular in the US.
There are many examples from over one hundred years ago using daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and paper images.
 See also: Photography, Image, Photograph, Photographer, Plate
  
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