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joe at travelpage
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posted 03-15-2012 11:11 PM

Any one else remembering following these directions?

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Brian_O
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posted 03-16-2012 01:35 AM

Yessirree! I have a model 210 Land Camera with all the accessories. I received it as a Christmas gift in 1967. I just checked it and I even have a full box of M3 Flashbulbs for the Flash attachment. Too bad they haven't made the film packs for these cameras for years.

I just loved (yeah, right!) coating the B&W photos with the gooey, smelly fixer. And even when you stuck the colour prints to their backers, they still curled after a year or so. But the colours are long lasting.

I strongly disagree with Step 3, resetting the shutter immediately after taking a picture. It shouldn't be done until you are ready to take a photo. It puts unneccesary stress on the shutter mechanism and leaves you vulnerable to accidently taking a photo when the camera isn't pointing at anything interesting.

I also have a Polaroid SX-70 SLR (original model)from 1973. I even have a couple of unused flashbars for it. It was easier to use and took better photos but they stopped making film for it years ago.

Ah! Those were the days.

Brian

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 03-16-2012 04:55 AM

SX 70 Commercial

In October 2008 The Impossible Project saved the last Polaroid production plant for integral instant film in Enschede (NL) and started to invent and produce totally new instant film materials for traditional Polaroid cameras. In 2010 Impossible saved analog instant photography from extinction by releasing various, brand new and unique instant films.

www.the-impossible-project.com

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 03-16-2012 10:28 AM

Memories!

I owned several of the cheaper versions: A Polaroid 'Swinger' (tiny B&W photos)...

...and a Polaroid 1000 (a sort of cheap plastic non-folding, non-SLR version of the SX70):

They have a new instant/digital camera:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XE_Y3xchVA

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Frosty 4
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Member # 5826

posted 03-16-2012 10:55 AM

I remember the first ones that were Black and white film. I think they only had 8 pictures in the film pack. These cameras were heavy.
Now digital cameras have the feature to instantly review the pictures. A lot of drug stores and types like Walmart have photo machines that you can do your own print work. Even doing special stuff like Christmas cards.
Frosty 4

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desirod7
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posted 03-16-2012 01:55 PM

I also had a swinger, than a later one from 1970.

The Swinger, you would squeeze the shutter and twist until you got the best yes, then shot the photo.

It was my first 2 cameras.

Here is the camera

and a photo I took from it on the Queen Anna Maria from 1971

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