Gadget News | Apps Gadgets Nothing says instant photography like a Polaroid and nothing says Polaroid more than the fantastically retro SX-70. Still highly sought after today, the SX-70 was a high end piece of kit when it came out. The first to use the classic Poloroid SX-70 film, it was, in fact, a single lens reflex (SLR) camera and able to process and print colour snaps on the spot in broad daylight. Quite a feat at the time.
More importantly, of course, it looks beautiful. For some, that 70s wood panelled look might be a touch Griswold family station wagon but, for most, it’s a winner. The clever part is the way it collapses down to a flat packet which was originally pictured as small enough to fit in a gentleman’s suit pocket. The design meant a seriously complicated optics system which included three mirrors in order to see what was going on down the lens.
Combined with the genuine nickel-copper-chromium plating, it was understandably pricey. These days, you can still pick one up second hand in the usual places and even in the brown leather finish too. You might want to grab a stack of film while you’re at it.
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