.jpg) An opened SX-70, ready for use | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Polaroid Corporation |
| Type | Single-lens reflex |
| Production | 1972 to 1981 |
| Lens | |
| Lens | 4-element 116 mm f/8 fixed glass[1] |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Film format | SX-70 |
| Film size | 79mm × 79mm ( 3 1/8" × 3 1/8" ) |
| Film speed | 160 |
| Recording medium | Instant film |
| Film advance | Automatic |
| Focusing | |
| Focus | Manual; Automatic (on Sonar models) |
| General | |
| Battery | 6 V Polapulse cell inside film pack |
| Body features | glass-filled polysulfone (Model 1) ABS (Models 2 & 3) |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | 600 series, including Polaroid Impulse |
The SX-70 is a folding single lens reflex Land camera which was produced by the Polaroid Corporation from 1972 to 1981. The SX-70 helped popularize instant photography.
- ^ Berger, Ivan (March 1973). "Our dream was to change photography". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 31 May 2019.