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Skipping ahead to the present. . . This week was Beth's year-end band concert. She and her classmates did great. I packed along my SX70 and my Instax Min 90. I figured there wasn't much point in trying to get shots of her across the crowded auditorium, so I concentrated on portraits. The SX70 was… Continue reading Week 21 – Recital
I don't often photograph people on the street. I'm just not comfortable approaching them. Today Beth and I went to Gloucester and Rockport with the Greater Boston Film Photographers meetup group. I met this man and his recently-adopted dog at Halibut Point State Park. One of the nicest things about Instax is that you can… Continue reading Rescue Dog
Beth Impossible B/W Nigo edition dated 12/12 Polaroid Impulse AF
For week 76, I chose the last SX-70 in my collection. This Time Zero OneStep was my grandfather's. It was cooler than ours because it has the 2359 flash instead of a flashbar. Unfortunately the 2359 is its primary handicap. It often fails to fire and locks up the camera. Oddly it works fine on… Continue reading Week 76 -Polaroid Time Zero OneStep
The Fuji Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic is a nice little camera that seems smaller than its name. I found it to be "point& shoot" easy to use. It has two shutter buttons, one on top and one on the front such that one is always in easy reach regardless of the orientation of the… Continue reading Instax 90 – Week 71 results
The newest addition to my collection is the Fuji Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic. This latest addition to Fuji's Instax line has a more refined look and better controls than previous Instax models, and it has the advantage of film being available in major discount stores.It features multiple shooting modes including portrait, sport, landscape, bulb,… Continue reading Week 71 – Fuji Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic
The Colorpack II is a cool Polaroid, if a bit quirky. The scale focusing is simple to use, and there is a mirror arrangement which makes the setting visible in the viewfinder. There are two apertures, marked 75 and 3000 for color and B&W film respectively. When shooting 3000 ASA B&W film, the depth of… Continue reading Polaroid Colorpack II – Week 64 Results
Introduced in 1969, the Colorpack II was the first color-capable Polaroid camera to retail for under $30. It features a rigid body and uses spreader bars instead of rollers. Focus is strictly via a distance scale.Today was a nice sunny day, so I loaded mine with a pack of Fuji FP100c and took it along… Continue reading Week 64 – Polaroid Colorpack II
In 1972, Edwin Land and his Polaroid Corporation introduced a revolutionary camera. The SX70 was potentially the iPod of its time, a whole new way of doing things. A press of the button produced a color image with no photo lab, no timing, no cracking and peeling. The picture simply happened automatically. It wasn't cheap,… Continue reading Week 38 – Polaroid SX-70 Model 2
And now for something completely different. . . The Spectra System was probably Polaroid's last great idea. It uses a slightly larger format than the SX70/600 series cameras, and it produces a rectangular image rather than square. My Spectra II is a $6 thrift store find with sonar autofocus, autoexposure, built-in flash, and a self… Continue reading Week 33 – Polaroid Spectra II
Notes from Mosquito Hill 