{"id":6222,"date":"2019-07-24T20:29:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T20:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edmondhistory.org\/?page_id=6222"},"modified":"2021-11-30T13:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T19:43:41","slug":"polaroid-sx-70-land-camera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.edmondhistory.org\/polaroid-sx-70-land-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of my favorite artifacts in the entire collection, not just the Snapshots <\/em>exhibit, is a Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera from 1974. Although Polaroid\u2019s \u201cinstant\u201d cameras had been around since 1948, the first truly \u201cone-step, instant\u201d camera wasn\u2019t a reality until the SX-70 was released in 1972. Until the SX-70, Polaroid instant cameras required the user to perform additional steps after taking a photograph in order to develop the photo; some cameras required the user to apply a coating to the front of the photograph while others required the user to peel the negative apart from the positive to reveal the photo. But with the SX-70, all the user had to do was take a photo and wait approximately one minute for it to develop.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The SX-70 was also the first instant, single-lens-reflex (SLR) camera, meaning that the camera uses a mirror and prism to enable the user to view exactly what will be photographed, rather than simply looking through a rangefinder. The SX-70 was an immediate success and popular with beginners and professionals alike; both Ansel Adams and Andy Warhol were said to have used the SX-70. <\/p>\n

Adding to its intrigue, the SX-70 folds up to a size small enough to fit into a jacket pocket and unfolds with a slight pull on the view cap. We are lucky to also have received the leather carrying case for the SX-70.<\/p>\n

Our SX-70 was manufactured on August 9, 1974 and donated to the museum in 2018. It is currently on display in the Snapshots in Edmond: 100 Years of Photographs and Cameras in Edmond<\/em> exhibit.<\/p>\n

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One of my favorite artifacts in the entire collection, not just the Snapshots exhibit, is a Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera from 1974. Although Polaroid\u2019s \u201cinstant\u201d cameras had been around since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondhistory.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondhistory.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondhistory.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondhistory.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondhistory.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6222"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondhistory.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10347,"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondhistory.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6222\/revisions\/10347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondhistory.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}