SX-70 Land Camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Polaroid Corp.
DESIGNER: Wareham, Richard
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, MA, Cambridge
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: April 25, 1972
PRODUCTION DATES: 1972-1977
FILM TYPE: SX-70
IMAGE SIZE: 3¼ x 3¼ in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $180.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: instant
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "1972-77. The original SX-70 camera. Ingeniously designed folding SLR
  which ushered in a new era of instant photography. The mircle was
  watching the colored photo slowly appear in broad daylight after being
  automatically ejected from the camera. The technical and esthetic
  marvel was the compact machine which fit easily into a coat pocket.
  The basic folding design was not new. Perhaps one of Polaroid's
  engineers had seen the circa 1905 "Excentric" camera of R. Guénault,
  which is surprisingly similar. But Guénault would have never have drea
  med of an even more compact camera incorporating SLR focusing to 10½
  inches, automatic exposure up to 14 seconds, and motorized print
  ejection, all powered by a disposable flat battery which came hidden
  in the film pack. This is a landmark camera, but quite common because
  it was so popular."McKeown, 1997.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: P7621.00003
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 171

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. p 367.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection.//