I’ve always admired the design philosophy behind the Polaroid SX70 camera.
It was a Transformer before there were Transformers. How they got a true SLR camera to collapse like that is amazing.
The Photo Manipulations are incredible. A true favorite classic of any photo artist.
I carry one from time to time in the matched case which folds up right along with the camera as an external skin which never needs removing.
All this with no batteries. Each pack of film came with its own power system with just enough charge for that pack.
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I took one to my kids grade school and photographed the playground activities a few years back. All the kids ran over to see their picture on the back of the camera, but were shocked there was no LCD screen to preview the shots. Imagine their amazement when the photo spit right out and developed before their very eyes. They all walked away vowing to tell their parents about this new camera that didn’t need a computer to make pictures…