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New Polaroid camera????

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TIP

A bit more news over at The Impossible project. Their latest press release has this little titbit in it…

The Impossible Project – Camera
Re-positioning Instant Photography, Impossible will start selling a new Instant camera in the end of
2010. This camera will be a homage to the high quality photographic cameras of the golden
Polaroid years, transformed to the new analog customers of present times. Like the legendary SX-
70 camera, introduced in 1972, the new instant camera will feature a high quality glass lens
system, manual settings for professional photography as well as carefully developed unique and
characteristic design.
The development of this new Integral Instant Camera will be supported by Mr. Henny Waanders,
former head of camera development at Polaroid. Mr. Waanders is the brain behind many unique
Polaroid cameras and the best expert worldwide to transfer his unique expertise of Polaroid
cameras into a new modern interpretation of an Instant camera.

Whoohaaaa! That sounds a little bit exciting.

Polaroidy goodness.

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Well, have you????, originally uploaded by norbography.

Finally, after trying for months, I have acquired a Polaroid camera. It is a Polaroid OneStep Plus, which actually uses SX-70 film, but you can do a bit of fiddling to get it to accept the easier to get 600 film. Given the cost of the film, I don’t expect to have this camera for long. Anywhere from $20-$30 for a 10 pack!

It does produce some fantastic images though. I have some fiddling to do to get it to stop over exposing the shots. The 600 film is a lot more sensitive than the SX-70 film, and a lot of people who do use 600 film in SX-70 cameras use a ND filter over their lens. Time to have a play on the weekend.