Polariod instant camera, SX-70 Model 2
Date: 1974
Inventory Number: 2004-1-0098a
Classification: Camera
Subject:
Maker: Polaroid Corporation (1937-present)
Owner: Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
camera, closed: 4.4 × 10.5 × 17.6 cm (1 3/4 × 4 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
box: 17.8 × 23.5 × 16.5 cm (7 × 9 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Accessories: box (2004-1-0098b); instruction manual (in object file)
Description:
This is a SX-70 integral print folding camera, Model 2. It is made of a four-element 116 mm f/8 glass lens with front-cell focusing and electronic shutter. It is also equipped with a programmed automatic exposure, an auto flash exposure based on focus distance, a built-in flashbar socket and another socket for an electrically-actuated remote shutter release. The Model 2 is very similar to the original SX-70, except for its color, which is white with brown vinyl (or porvair).
Original retail price: $149.95. It comes in its original packaging with instruction manual. There is a sticker on the box with a date: 9/23/74. It also has what appears to be a serial number: J424016867.
This information and much more is found on the very useful Land List website.
Original retail price: $149.95. It comes in its original packaging with instruction manual. There is a sticker on the box with a date: 9/23/74. It also has what appears to be a serial number: J424016867.
This information and much more is found on the very useful Land List website.
In Collection(s)
Signedon front: POLAROID SX-70 / LAND CAMERA MODEL 2
Curatorial RemarksInstruction manual and other papers are in object file and have been scanned EMC 3/2019
a (camera) and b (box) are housed together in a 2-tier blue-board container.
a (camera) and b (box) are housed together in a 2-tier blue-board container.
ProvenanceThis object belonged to Edwin H. Land and came from the Rowland Institute, Harvard University. Gift of the Edwin H. Land Family.