Dad's Camera
This wonderful Polaroid 95A belonged to my father. It is tricked out in leather and chrome. Mom said she bought it for him as a Christmas gift around 1951. These were fairly expensive cameras in their day. It is in excellent condition and has been stored in its own camera bag in a controlled temperature setting for years. I doubt that I can find film for it but Im going to do some searching. To me it is a priceless possession.
Here are some of the details Ive learned about it the 95A:
Produced: 1948-1953
Original Retail: $89.75
Estimated Production: 800,000
Lens: 135mm, f/11, 3-element glass.
Shutter: 4 speed everset rotary-leaf design; 1/8 - 1/60, plus Bulb.
Exposure set by Light Value scale
Folding viewfinder, with simple "ball-and-mast" parallax compensation device.
Scale focus, with distance set by arcuate lever.
Has two tripod sockets and cable-release socket.
Polished steel body with brown leather covering. Some examples have chrome plated trim.
First Polaroid Land camera, first commercially successful self-developing camera system.
Dad's Camera
This wonderful Polaroid 95A belonged to my father. It is tricked out in leather and chrome. Mom said she bought it for him as a Christmas gift around 1951. These were fairly expensive cameras in their day. It is in excellent condition and has been stored in its own camera bag in a controlled temperature setting for years. I doubt that I can find film for it but Im going to do some searching. To me it is a priceless possession.
Here are some of the details Ive learned about it the 95A:
Produced: 1948-1953
Original Retail: $89.75
Estimated Production: 800,000
Lens: 135mm, f/11, 3-element glass.
Shutter: 4 speed everset rotary-leaf design; 1/8 - 1/60, plus Bulb.
Exposure set by Light Value scale
Folding viewfinder, with simple "ball-and-mast" parallax compensation device.
Scale focus, with distance set by arcuate lever.
Has two tripod sockets and cable-release socket.
Polished steel body with brown leather covering. Some examples have chrome plated trim.
First Polaroid Land camera, first commercially successful self-developing camera system.