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The Camera Museum: Polaroid 50th Anniversary SUN 600 SE

edmund — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:00:31 +0000

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”.

Aside from its appearance, the Polaroid 50th Anniversary camera sported the same features as the earlier Sun 600 LMS. A basic 600-series camera, the 50th Anniversary camera features a 116mm single-element plastic lens, fixed focus with a minimal focal length of 4 feet, electronic shutter and a built-in electronic flash.

Additionally, this special-edition camera was accompanied with a matching “Polaroid 50” carrying case.

The 50th Anniversary Sun 600 works with any of Impossible’s 600-speed film.

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The Camera Museum: Polaroid OneStep 600 Talking Camera

edmund — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:00:30 +0000

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. The pre-recorded messages apparently vary according to the territory the camera was marketed in, and include American and Spanish versions. The US version’s pre-recorded messages include, “Smile, you funny person!” and “Cheese for me, cheese for you, everybody cheese-a-roo!”

Aside from the talking capabilities, the OneStep Talking Camera functions identically to the OneStep CloseUp camera. It features a single-element 116mm plastic lens, fixed focus with a minimum focal length of 4 feet (2 feet with the sliding close-up lens in place), electronic shutter, programmed automatic exposure with a sliding exposure compensation dial and built-in electronic flash.

The OneStep Talking Camera works with all of Impossible’s 600 film.

The Camera Museum: Polaroid Sun 660 AF

edmund — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:00:42 +0000

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.

The Sun 660 features a single-element 116mm, f/11 plastic lens, electronic shutter, built-in flash and Polaroid’s Light Management System, allowing the user to make exposure adjustments via a lighten/darken switch under the lens.

The Polaroid Sun 660 works with any of Impossible’s 600-series film.

The Camera Museum: Polaroid SX-70 OneStep SE

edmund — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:00:16 +0000

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.

The OneStep SE’s rigid plastic body and fixed focus single element 103mm f/14.6 plastic lens made it a more affordable option than the folding SX-70 models.

The OneStep SE features an electronic shutter, programmed auto exposure and a socket for flashbars or electronic flash units.

The OneStep SE works with any of the Impossible Project SX-70 films, including PX 70 Color Shade film and PX 100 Silver Shade UV+ film.

PX 70 Color Shade By NIGO

edmund — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:50:48 +0000

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.

The PX 70 Color Shade by Nigo Film Edition not only features our latest Color Shade film formula, but also varying colorful frames – yellow, orange, red, pink, lilac, dark blue, light blue, green, black and white featuring the logo of Nigo – ®. One film pack contains eight images as usual, and the occurrence of the colors varies randomly in each pack.

For details please visit our Online Store.

The Camera Museum: Polaroid “Red Stripe” One Step Flash

edmund — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:00:35 +0000

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.

The Red Stripe One Step Flash has a single-element 116mm plastic lens, fixed focus with a standard minimum focal length of 4 feet (2 feet when close-up lens is in place), electronic shutter, programmed auto-exposure system and a built-in flash.

The Red Stripe works with all of Impossible’s 600 film, which can be found HERE.

The First Polaroid Camera!

adrian — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:00:47 +0000

See how the First Polaroid camera ever was invented!

IMPOSSIBLE shots by bibimirage

adrian — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:00:43 +0000

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.

The Camera Museum: Polaroid 1000

edmund — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:50:53 +0000

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.

The 1000, like the OneStep models, has a socket for flashbars or electronic flash units, such as the Q-Light, which was specifically designed with the OneStep series in mind.

The Polaroid 1000 works with all of Impossible’s SX-70 films, which can be purchased here.