box for instant camera, Big Swinger
Date: 1968-1970
Inventory Number: 2004-1-0053b
Classification: Camera Accessories
Subject:
Maker: Polaroid Corporation (1937-present)
Owner: Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991)
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Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
box, original: 16.6 × 19.9 × 16.5 cm (6 9/16 × 7 13/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
box, blueboard: 20.3 × 38.4 × 22.2 cm (8 × 15 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
Description:
Non-folding packfilm camera, named Big Swinger, made of a rigid plastic body. It has a meniscus lens (single element, plastic), a single speed mechanical shutter, a built-in flashgun for AG-1 bulbs (missing here), a fixed focus and a plastic wrist strap. The exposure setting is assisted via a built-in photometer, similar to the one found on the model 20 Swinger. Only 3000 ASA (B&W) film can be used in this camera.
It is essentially a Swinger except for the film size. This was the first of the rigid plastic packfilm cameras produced. Original retail price: $24.95. This example here comes in its original packaging, with an instruction manual.
This information and much more is found on the very useful Land List website.
It is essentially a Swinger except for the film size. This was the first of the rigid plastic packfilm cameras produced. Original retail price: $24.95. This example here comes in its original packaging, with an instruction manual.
This information and much more is found on the very useful Land List website.
Signedon front: POLAROID LAND CAMERA
FunctionFor an early 1970s advertisement of a similar camera (the Swinger), see the following YouTube movie.
ProvenanceThis object belonged to Edwin H. Land and came from the Rowland Institute, Harvard University. Gift of the Edwin H. Land Family.