SX70 Polariod Revisited

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Joe Van Cleave

Жыл бұрын

Joe tries out a converted SX70 camera with the Type 600 integral color film.

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@snapjacksonphotography 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Just found an SX-70 at a yard sale for $3 this past weekend! Sent it off to Brooklyn Film Camera yesterday for a checkup/cleaning and 600 conversion.

@brineb58 Жыл бұрын

I am surprised that you went for a 600 conversion, the b=current SX70 film from polaroid is pretty good ... I lobe the B&W film the most!!!

@propeople 2 ай бұрын

160 is to low, the sutter speed is the problem, brurry the photos...collors are better in sx-70 film.

@alanstarkie2001 3 ай бұрын

Funny, how a Polaroid camera encourages you to take pictures of anything & everything!

@M3rlin257 Жыл бұрын

I've always been a fan of this channel ever since I got into typewriters and I was extra happy to learn that you are also in ABQ. But it's just getting better, I absolutely love my SX-70 handed down from my grandfather. This is awesome!

@c0nstantin86 Жыл бұрын

3:45 I can feel your joy, I'm a kid again enjoying my new toy! Thanks for sharing!

@selkiemaine Жыл бұрын

My father had two of these, one with an autofocus. They were great fun! I still have hundreds of somewhat faded pictures from 40 years ago and more. I inherited both. Sadly, the autofocus camera stopped working about 20 years ago and I let it go. I bought some film for the standard one a short while ago. Sadly, it didn't work - though I don't know if it was the film or camera that was bad. Seeing this tempts me for another try, that's for sure!

@DavidAragon13 Жыл бұрын

From using from the first packs I can get a hold of from Kurt's Camera (Impossible PX) to the packs you can get at the store to the current film is outstanding what they had done. I use the ND filter and the film light tongue from the Polaroid store that I don't have to modify my SX-70 cameras for the 600 speed film. It's great to see the SX-70 out, and I need to use mine today. Thanks Joe.

@loveisall5520 Жыл бұрын

Growing up in the sixties, my parents had a Polaroid and I got a Swinger in 1966 as a sixth grader. I just loved Polaroid, though Nikon and Rollei caught me by the late sixties. I knew a bunch of friends who bought the SX-70 when it came out and it sure wasn't cheap. But cool! Thanks for reminding me.

@DanielLopez-ef8or Жыл бұрын

great vid joe!!

@cristianrueda2055 Жыл бұрын

Thanks fot these videos!!

@Kitsaplorax Жыл бұрын

I hate to say it but for me the Polaroid Swinger or The Reporter were the Polaroid cameras I always thought about. The smell of the mylar bags is still with me.

@LTHanlon Жыл бұрын

When I was shooting 600 film in my SX-70, I removed the ND filter from the exposure sensor, and most everything turned out right. I restored the filter when I began shooting the new SX-70 film.

@TheCraftyBartender03 Күн бұрын

Actually you can now buy new sx70 film but polaroid sadly only make it in a couple of batches once a year or so.

@ianfleming4356 10 ай бұрын

Recommend fitting the longer Frog Tongue to protect from light while ejecting,

@kelligirlnyc9763 Жыл бұрын

I just found this going through boxes. We weren’t sure if it was a camera or not and we couldn’t figure out how to open, now that we have it open we can’t close it. Any suggestions? We think it’s the bag possibly keeping it from closing. It’s in great shape.

@joeibu9318 Жыл бұрын

Who did the conversion? I live near Albuquerque and would want to get mine to take 600 film

@EFD620G Жыл бұрын

Sorry Joe. Once instax link became available, I abandoned the whole polaroid thing. 8 shots vs 10 I can adjust my pics from my phone before printing. I can even use my digital camera and load them on the desktop for printing with the link printer. Buying the name didn't buy the quality. And the instax wide print is bigger

@Joe_VanCleave Жыл бұрын

I like Instax Wide too, I have an older model 200 camera. I'm really thinking about the Lomography Instax Graflok back, I've used it on my Intrepid 4x5 and it's really fun.

@DodoKing187 Жыл бұрын

wonderful analysis of this most beautiful camera. One thing tho: why did you convert it? are you aware that there is Polaroid SX70 Film being made with the right ISO, it seems you only mention the 600 Film? I only know of people converting a second camera because in some countries normal stores can have the 600 Packs readily available, but then again I have this nifty ND-Filter sheet made by Polaroid originals and you just pop it on the 600 Pack and on you go. Also if you can, get that MiNT Flash Bar 2, it basically works like the original bulbs plus it has the secret flash connection no one know about: On the side it has a 2,5mm Jack input, so what I did is get a hotshoe adapter with PC-Port, get a PC to 2,5mm cable and then connect that to the flash bar, if you now put any flash transciever on the hotshoe you can do of camera flash with any manufacturer strobes (and the Flash Bar doesnt even need to be powered on so it doesnt "overflash" your set of lights. It is however I will say a little bit tricky to dial in the exposure, I usually measure for F16 with a lightmeter and go from there adjusting the strobes. Hope to see you havin some more fun and experimenting (Polaroid Lifts, long exposure? yes you can trick the camera into bulb mode ;D) in the future.

@Joe_VanCleave Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the valuable info. I was interested in the 600 film because the higher ISO may promise shooting in more subdued light without always needing to use flash. But I do intend on getting the MiNT flash at some time, though I currently have some old flash bars with (supposedly) still good bulbs.

@DodoKing187 Жыл бұрын

@@Joe_VanCleave Ahh I see, well yes, that also makes sense for a conversion then. And yes, the classic bulbs are amazing flash quality, but they're also expensive and almost always blinded my subjects for at least 5mins, so please warn people before you fire that real 70s Flash at them. :D

@Adrian-wd4rn Жыл бұрын

New film is a higher ISO, so you have to fiddle with exposure compensation with every shot.

@robertknight4672 10 ай бұрын

@@DodoKing187 some people my family haven't seen any camera flash for long time so even a proper electric Flash catch them off guard.

@hb4834 8 ай бұрын

Who did ur conversion? Im out west n rather not send it too someone back east

@bilonggrisimmeri 6 ай бұрын

I think original 170ASA film is old stock bought up by Project Impossible. They only manufacture 600ASA and B&W film now. Having used both Polaroid 170 and 600 films in the 1980s, the former was over contrasty and not very nice colour, compared to 600. So forget about 170 and use 600. I've used the new 600 and it's very similar to my 35 year old Polaroids, which have not faded at all, b.t.w.

@Argo-F-Ur-Sef 5 ай бұрын

I heard it’s the 600 chemistry with an added chemical layer that acts like a 2 stop ND filter. Who knows for sure?

@bilonggrisimmeri 5 ай бұрын

@@Argo-F-Ur-Sef You could email them and ask? Most probably you would not get an answer. I don't think it matters if it's refrigerated old stock or new product, because to me, Polaroid 600 has much nicer colour. Think Ektachrome 64 vs. Kodachrome 200: one is nasty and dificult to get nice colour, and the other rich and saturated.