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Jan 10, 2012
A legendary camera, back to bring soul to photography once more.
3 of 4 found this helpful When the Polaroid SX-70 camera came out, this was in the early 70s. People seeing this ground-breaking gadget must have felt like cavemen experiencing the immediacy of a Zippo starting a fire. Edwin Land's desire for a camera to eject a pic, then experiencing the immediacy of the photo processing right before your eyes, with hardly any effort from the photographer, was realized in this Henry Dreyfus designed work of pure art.
There are several models in what is known as the SX-70 line, from the initial camera, made in 1972, without the focus assistant in the fresnel, to the final model, the SLR 690, which rolled off the assembly line in 1996. Most of them have features that make them unique, each of which, has its sub-categories of fans. None of these cameras will disappoint.
When I purchased MY first SX-70, I was elated when it arrived. I had Impossible film on order, and couldn't wait to experience something other than digital or 35mm. Of, course, the camera didn't work, and had to get it repaired. However, that didn't stop me, and when I got it working again, I was able to experience the whole SX-70 process, from focusing and framing my subject, to the "story inside the camera" (As in the old SX-70 video press kit), with everything from the shutter being tripped, to hearing the fresnel working within the bellows, to the pic being ejected. It took longer than my digital cameras (Funny, the manual focus on the SX-70 was faster than the auto on the digital.), but I felt I was experiencing something, right there on the spot, and without the awqwardness of a K1000, or having to wait for my film to come back from the drug store.
Today, with digital cameras everywhere, from your laptop, or your phone, to street posts, photography has been rendered soulless. Even the average pic taken with Billy-bob, in front of the biggest pile of crap in Mudlick, KY. has been thrown into the same pile that surveilance and "Reality TV" has been thrown into - the world of ubiquitousness...The Polaroid instant camera is now an ART camera, grabbing an element of the world, as framed in its viewfinder, and turning it into something fresh.
Believe me, in this age of digital cameras, the size of a button, and immediate publishing through the Instanetz, the Polaroid SX-70, by some, may seem antiquated, however, in reality, is still relevent in our Facebook/SMS/Twitter age. It brings back some of the soul that humanity once put in Photography.