The original Spirit would not last long, replaced by the Spirit 600 in the mid-1980s that added a built-in flash. But the camera introduced the idea of the clamshell design, the squared-off features and the side-mounted shutter release.
Based on the OneStep, a simple plastic body, similar style complete with the rainbow racing strip. When it came to cameras, the first camera to see a release that accepted the new film is the Spirit. In 1982, Polaroid introduced the next generation of integral film, Type-600, rated at ASA-640 it clocked in at being four times faster than the original SX-70 and could developer in a shorter time period. The OneStep launched Polaroid into popularity not just among consumers, but serious photographers, Walker Evans and pop artist Andy Warhol latched onto the Polaroid format. It also introduced the iconic Polaroid rainbow racing stripe. The OneStep offered up a rigid all-plastic body, auto-exposure, fixed focus, and no other skill needed than to press a big red button. So in 1977, they released an inexpensive plastic point-and-shoot version, the Model 1000 or OneStep. The first SX-70 camera is an engineering icon, a folding SLR, but a costly camera. In 1972 they released SX-70 that required nothing more than loading the pack into the camera, shoot, and then wait ten minutes for the picture to develop in daylight. To address this, Polaroid began working on a film that came in one single package, or integral film. The one problem the Roll Film and Type-100 pack film are that it not only generated a lot of waste as you would toss the negative (except in some cases) and there remained the chance of getting that chemical spread all over your hands.
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And while they operated on the same basic principle as the earlier film, the ease of loading and popularity launched a huge variety of cameras from top of the line manual cameras to rigid bodied plastic cameras with everything automated. These Auto-Lands used a smaller pack film or Type-100 which included both black & white and colour film types. Polaroid further refined the process in 1963 with the release of the second generation of their instant cameras, the Automatic Land Camera. The cameras were big, bulky folders with little in the way of automation. These first cameras used an instant film that came in a roll and used a negative and chemical transfer onto a print positive. Thanks to Knox Presbyterian Church in Milton for donating the Polaroid Spirit for a review!Īll Polaroid cameras trace itself back to 1948 and the release of the Polaroid Land Camera Model 95. And while I’ve reviewed a lot of Polaroid cameras, it’s always nice to review the original. Thankfully mine still works, but certainly won’t be among the cameras that I keep after this review. Remove the clamshell, and you almost have a new version of the iconic OneStep, there’s even the Polaroid rainbow branding. This is where the Spirit enters, it is one of the first of the new Type-600 Polaroid cameras released in the early 1980s and is a bit of a strange hybrid with a little bit of the old style and a touch of something new, the clamshell design. Sure the Polaroid One is a great option and made in this century, but there are far more of the older cameras around than, the newer ones. And these days almost all of the old-school Polaroid cameras are starting to get long in the tooth. I often find I don’t gel well with these instant wonders, and the cost of the film remains fairly steep. When it comes to Polaroid cameras, I have a love-hate relationship with them.
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