This SX-70 was picked up along with a collection of many other cameras. It worked out to about $5 per camera in the box, though this and the beautiful Polaroid 95a were surely the cream of the crop. Unlike the SX-70 Alpha SE, this model does not have a tripod mount, nor the strap lugs. […]
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Polaroid SX-70 Alpha SE [1977]
My first Polaroid SX-70, the Alpha SE, came from a happenstance last minute run through an estate sale in my local neighborhood. Two of the cameras which had been for sale had still not been sold: a beat up old Minolta which I passed on, as well as a Polaroid SX-70, Alpha SE with the […]
Polaroid Land Model Automatic 250 [1967]
One of the downsides of not originally having this website is that the provenance of certain cameras gets lost to memory over time. Since I’ve never sought out any Polaroid cameras specifically, the only way I would have acquired this would have been as part of a lot of multiple cameras, or perhaps at a […]
Polaroid Land Camera Model 800 [1957]
I had NO idea how big this camera was until I had one in my hand. This thing is absolutely humongous, and quite heavy, particularly with the flash attached. This camera used Polaroid roll film, which as far as I understand it was discontinued before I was born. Some people have modified these cameras putting […]