05-08-2008, 04:44 PM
I used to! I have a pretty hefty Polaroid collection and used all of them. I have one of the huge original roll film cameras, the Model 95 along with a bunch of accessories for it: light meter, add on lenses, and flash. The flash uses the same flash bulbs as the big press cameras did. Here's a photo of my girlfriend and me right after we moved to Tucson, taken with that camera:
I also have several SX-70s which are true SLRs; a couple of the original stainless steel & leather models and an SX-70 Sonar. That one has a surprisingly good autofocus system that bounces a sound wave off of your target and uses it to calculate the focus. The main drawback is that you can't focus through a window! Here's an SX-70 shot that, while poor technically by today's standards, has a lot of appeal for me and reminds me what a nut my cat was at least as well as a shot from my K10D would:
Polaroid has recently discontinued the Time-Zero film packs for the original SX-70s. It's now going for $$$ on Ebay. I believe they are still making instant film for some other cameras. The film had gotten pretty expensive; it was like $15 for ten exposures. The b/w roll film for the Model 95 was discontinued in 1992; I have a bunch in my fridge but I doubt I could get any useable images.
I also have several SX-70s which are true SLRs; a couple of the original stainless steel & leather models and an SX-70 Sonar. That one has a surprisingly good autofocus system that bounces a sound wave off of your target and uses it to calculate the focus. The main drawback is that you can't focus through a window! Here's an SX-70 shot that, while poor technically by today's standards, has a lot of appeal for me and reminds me what a nut my cat was at least as well as a shot from my K10D would:
Polaroid has recently discontinued the Time-Zero film packs for the original SX-70s. It's now going for $$$ on Ebay. I believe they are still making instant film for some other cameras. The film had gotten pretty expensive; it was like $15 for ten exposures. The b/w roll film for the Model 95 was discontinued in 1992; I have a bunch in my fridge but I doubt I could get any useable images.