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This is one of the most classic polaroid camera. Its excellency & elegancy design catched my eyes ever since I saw it in the photo book. It's so amazing to see it from flat object and pop it up to be the SLR camera!! It's not the compact or RF camera, it's the real SLR camera with polaroid film. (The only other SLR-polaroid camera that I know is Polaroid SE which is big and heavy) You can see the real image thru the viewfinder to make the sharp focus. However, this camera has its limitation about the exposure. Since SX-70 has automatic shutter speed to match with the fix aperture (around F/8 or F/11- I think) via electric eye, so it is not suitable for indoor photography except with flash. You cannnot use any tripod since no tripod socket installed. (SX-70 need special tripod head no. 111, if you can find it!) Although I can use the exposure compensation wheel called L/D control in front of the camera to fine tune the exposure, it's only the little help since I don't know what exactly mean for each mark; half stop or one stop? What's more, the film that exactly match with this camera is also rare, mostly expired and high price. I used the 779 film that produced by polapremium. However, the 779 film is ISO 600 while the SX-70 required ISO 100 film, so I had to reduce the light that fall on to film by either way; one - by put the ND filter in front of the lens that will make me hard to focus in the dark viewfinder, or two - by put the ND filter in front of the film pack. I chose the second choice that cost me another $16.00. About a month I bought this vintage camera, I always appreciate with the genius of the designer who make this charming tools, simple and smart. Although the photos didn't meet my expect, some dark, some blur and very few that OK, but I still find the new way to control this camera and wish it will become one of my favorite tools in the near future. Recommend to everyone who: - love to shoot and have fun with polaroid film. (and also afford to pay) - want to impress others with the pop up design and the way the photo come out. - collect the smart and charming tools.Read full review
I bought this as a gift for my partner & he loves it! We're still working out all it's quirks - the viewfinder on ours seems to be a little off-kilter, for example - and testing film to get the best quality color & focus. This is a true camera-lovers camera, not necessarily the best for those who want a quick and easy polaroid. The film is pricey and needs to be ordered online, & the exposure can be a little tricky. But for those who are into the mechanism & the science of photography, this is a great piece of history!
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If you are looking for a polaroid camera, that has style, and feels like a proper retro camera rather than a piece of jazzy plastic then this is it. The camera feels sturdy, looks very cool, and travels well. The image quality is good, it offers funky lomo style images to suit any analogue fan, the contrast of the images is a tad more than a Polaroid 600 type camera, which suits me as I like dark lines. It has the soft foucus of most other polaroids, but feels like something more than your average Polaroid camera. When you hold and use this camera you can feel the quality. I love Lomography and originally bought an instant back for the Diana F+ camera, which I love, but this feels like a natural progression, and also feels very much a part of Lomography (although they are different companies of course). And thanks to The Impossible Project, you can now buy monochrome film for this camera which offers a great aged (almost glass negative) look to images taken with it. I would highly recomend this to anybody who is into Lomo, Lens baby, or Polaroid.Read full review
I think it's a wonderful product. Being so old and also the first of this brand of cameras it shows some "problems", like the whole structure always looking (and being, too) extremely fragile. These models might are also misfuctioning due to age, but if you're lucky enough, you won't have to spend more than 50€ in occasional repairs. Obviously, the SLR 680 (or similar models) are "better": you feel safer, you're not scared of breaking them every second, and they have some interesting functions, too. But they don't have that good ol' look the SX-70 has. :) I wouldn't buy another. :P I'd rather like to get the other SX-70 like models.
Simple, easy to use camera. Edwin Land's crowning achievement. Great transforming design makes it quite compact for its era. Leatherette pads on the surfaces give it class.
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