In 1987, Polaroid celebrated its 50th anniversary. Fittingly, a special edition of the popular Sun 600 LMS camera was released, with gold face and marked, “Polaroid 50, 1937-1987”. Continue reading
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The Camera Museum: Polaroid OneStep 600 Talking Camera
In 1997, Polaroid released possibly their most gimmicky camera: The OneStep 600 Talking Camera. The camera came with several pre-recorded messages, and could also be used to record speech (or music) which is played via a loudspeaker just before taking your photo. The sound effects can be switched off completely if preferred, which you very well may. Continue reading
The Camera Museum: Polaroid Sun 660 AF
The Polaroid Sun 660 Autofocus camera was first released in 1981. It is similar in style to the earlier 600 cameras, with a rigid plastic body, but the Sun 660 utilizes Polaroid’s patented Sonar Autofocus technology. The distance to the subject is calculated by firing a high-frequency sound wave that bounces back to a gold-colored receiver beside the lens. The minimum focal length for the Sun 660 is 3 feet. Continue reading
The Camera Museum: Polaroid SX-70 OneStep SE
Much like Polaroid’s “The Button”, the OneStep SE is identical in features to the original non-folding SX-70 “Rainbow” OneStep. The only difference is the color scheme. Instead of a white body, the OneStep SE is a shiny black, and the shutter release button is sky blue. Continue reading
PX 70 Color Shade By NIGO
Nigo is a Japanese music producer, DJ, owner of BAPE sounds record label, host of his own MTV Japan show, creator of the urban clothing line A Bathing Ape, collector of Warhol Polaroids as well as dozens of colorfully customized Polaroid SX-70 cameras. Creating a limited PX 70 Color Shade film edition for his beloved cameras and for Impossible turned out to be just as complex as its creator. Continue reading
The Camera Museum: Polaroid “Red Stripe” One Step Flash
The Polaroid Red Stripe One Step Flash was first released in the early 1990s. It was similar in body style to Polaroid’s Sun 600 series but has a more advanced flash system with automatic charging, and a built-in sliding close-up lens. Continue reading
The First Polaroid Camera!
See how the First Polaroid camera ever was invented! Continue reading
IMPOSSIBLE shots by bibimirage
If you love Polaroid pictures as much as I do, visit bibi’s facebook page or her flickr! There are some film shots as well. Continue reading
The Camera Museum: Polaroid 1000
The Polaroid 1000 is a foreign-markets version of the original US non-folding SX-70 “Rainbow” Onestep. It is a basic plastic-bodied camera with single-element plastic lens, a fixed aperture (103mm, f14.6), fixed focus with minimal focal length of 4 feet, electronic shutter and an exposure adjustment knob surrounding the camera’s electric eye. Continue reading
The IMPOSSIBLE Factory!
The Impossible factory is located in Building Noord (North) of the former Polaroid plant in Enschede. Since its early days this impressive black and white striped building has been the heart of the film production plant, housing the giant production machines. Continue reading
The Camera Museum: Polaroid Impulse (Blue)
THE CAMERA MUSEUM: POLAROID IMPULSE (BLUE)
The Polaroid Impulse camera was introduced in 1988. Its body style was a bit of a change up from the boxy Polaroid cameras of the 1980s. The body is a hard-wearing plastic, and features rubber grips around the rear. Continue reading
He Documented His Life With Polaroid For 18 Years Till Death
Jamie Livingston (October 25, 1956 – October 25, 1997) was a NewYork-based photographer, film maker and circus performer. Between March 31, 1979 and October 25, 1997, the day of his death, he took a single picture nearly every day with a Polaroid SX-70 camera. Continue reading
TIME ZERO Trailer
In February 2008, Polaroid announced that it was ceasing production of instant film. ‘TIME ZERO’ is a documentary that tells the story of the last year of Polaroid film in three acts. Act I introduces the magic of Polaroid through the perspective Continue reading
Like Father, Like Son
“This afternoon, I thought why not make use of those remaining shots in the camera for some fun at home. The problem came when Fitzand saw the camera. He wanted to use it … to shoot me! He kept insisting that he be the one behind the camera and daddy had to be in front. Continue reading
Impossible TIP: Avoiding The Notorious Undeveloped Patch
PX 680 Color Shade FF as well as Silver Shade pictures may display a small undeveloped patch at the top of image area when used in folding type cameras (such as the SLR 680/ 690 and SX 70 cameras with an ND filter). Continue reading
IMPOSSIBLE tip: Shade Your Color Shade!
We love being on the sunny side as much as the next guy, but with Color Shade film being super sensitive to light after exposure, pictures have to get shielded from light IMMEDIATELY as they get ejected from the camera Continue reading
Polaroids in… MEMENTO!
I’ve recently watch an old movie call, Memento. Which is directed by Christopher Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight). The story line is very simple: A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes, Polaroid pictures and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.
In this movie the main guy takes lots of pictures with his classic Polaroid SX-70! 
If you haven’t watch the movie yet, go catch it!
The Professional Polaroid 403R Passport Camera Kit
The Professional Polaroid 403R Passport Camera, together with one pack of type 100 blue, sepia and chocolate film each. Cameras are new-old-stock and in fantastic condition.
Have fun shooting old skool photo booth style pictures. Shoots 4 pictures in one frame! You can either shoot 4 pictures simultaneously, 2-2 pictures simultaneously or 4 single pictures individually, it is up to you~ Try out different modes and have fun making those wacky faces.
Available exclusively at The Click Shop! Limited to ONLY 10 units in Malaysia. Continue reading
