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Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
The 100 was the first of Polaroid's folding Land Cameras that used pack film, an improvement over the original roll film design of the 40s and 50s. It retailed for $165 and was the first mass-produced camera to use an electronic shutter.
Made of an all-metal body and featuring a glass lens, it is one of the higher-quality models of this design; my 250 is very similar, albeit with a Zeiss-Ikon combined-view/range finder. Following its release in 1963, Polaroid would continue introducing similar models based on it well-into the 70s with small, sometimes-significant improvements; akin to what Apple seems to be doing today.
I picked this up at Goodwill in Lake Zurich a bit dirty, but in good condition. It came with a case, cold clip, some un-needed film coater, a few circa 1974 pics from Ben Watts Marina, and a wrecked flashgun. After a little cleanup and a battery conversion to AAA's, I sold it to a friend in California who plans to give it as a Christmas gift.
Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
The 100 was the first of Polaroid's folding Land Cameras that used pack film, an improvement over the original roll film design of the 40s and 50s. It retailed for $165 and was the first mass-produced camera to use an electronic shutter.
Made of an all-metal body and featuring a glass lens, it is one of the higher-quality models of this design; my 250 is very similar, albeit with a Zeiss-Ikon combined-view/range finder. Following its release in 1963, Polaroid would continue introducing similar models based on it well-into the 70s with small, sometimes-significant improvements; akin to what Apple seems to be doing today.
I picked this up at Goodwill in Lake Zurich a bit dirty, but in good condition. It came with a case, cold clip, some un-needed film coater, a few circa 1974 pics from Ben Watts Marina, and a wrecked flashgun. After a little cleanup and a battery conversion to AAA's, I sold it to a friend in California who plans to give it as a Christmas gift.