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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
On the heels of the success of the SX-70 instant camera, Polaroid needed a mass market offering. Folding SX-70's were marvels of technology and beauty, but they cost an arm and a leg. Enter the One Step. Introduced in 1977, it was a simple rigid-bodied camera using the same integral film technology. It featured a… Continue reading Week 56 – Polaroid One Step
Shooting with the SX70 was fairly easy. The camera is held at an odd upward angle in order to keep the lens perpendicular to the ground. The split image focus was easy to work with, although it is located near the bottom of the viewfinder instead of in the center. I soon discovered that even… Continue reading Polaroid SX70 Model 2 – week 38 results
FOSTER STR -013013 Polaroid SX70 / Impossible PX680 with ND filter Posting - 013113 Polaroid SX70 / Impossible PX 680 with ND filter
Ramp - 1/16/13 Polaroid SX70 / Impossible PX70 Color Protection I want to love this camera. It's a marvelous piece of engineering, but I just can't seem to get the exposure right. I will have to keep trying. Alley - 1/17/13 Polaroid Automatic 230 / Fuji FP3000b This one had a little issue with… Continue reading Alley – 011713
1/15/13 Waiting Polaroid SX70 Model 2 / Impossible PX100 Color Protection There is a moment every morning when all four crews make shift change. Very rarely we all roll out and hit the streets at once, off to Save Lives and Make a Difference, or at least make a living. It's a wonderful sight… Continue reading Waiting – 011513
01/09/13 Happy Birthday-Eve! Sun 660 Autofocus / Impossible PX600 Color Protection Years ago I accidentally created a tradition of bringing home a dozen balloons on someone's birthday. . . 1/10/13 In God We Trust SX70 / Impossible PX100 Color Protection I seem to be getting the exposure thing under control. 1/11/13… Continue reading Impossible 365 – 011113
High Rock - 1/8/13 SX-70 Series 2 / Impossible PX70 Color Protection I haven't had the best of luck with my folding SX70. It's a cool camera and I want to like it, but I haven't quite worked out the exposure yet. The rest of today's shots were overexposed to the point of being ruined.… Continue reading High Rock – 010813
Mos Eisley Medical Center, 1/3/13 This hospital always looks to me like it belongs in a Star Wars scene. I envision these towers staffed with Jawas and medical droids all busily caring for patients. Polaroid Time Zero One Step / Impossible PX70 Color Protection. Developed in a jacket pocket as temperatures were ~15F.
Communications Center, 1/1/13 I'm attempting Project 365 again, this time with instant film. I succeeded with digital in 2010 then had aborted attempts in 2011 and 2012. Today's shot was taken using a Polaroid One Step Time Zero, the 'Dark Side of the Moon' camera. This particular one was my grandfather's and came with a… Continue reading The Impossible 365 – 010113
Notes from Mosquito Hill 