An orignial innovation to housing daguerriean plate packages can be seen in the new technology gallery for “New Alchemy” cases. One of the rails has a detachable section for inserting the plate package and it is held in place by rare earth magnets, as is the closure of the case. These are brainchild of Daniel Kuczynski and he writes;

“I am introducing a line of Contemporary Daguerreotype cases for my own work as well as a limited number for sale. They are masterfully crafted out of the finest woods. All have solid Ebony rails which retain the image package with a hidden rail and 2 rare earth magnets. The cases come in Spalted Maple, Book-matched Koa and Macassar Ebony. I have quarter plate ($300.00) and 4X5 available ($325.00) each.”