Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In which our 3-part series on Polaroid finally comes to a close.
In 1972, Polaroid released an iconic product that finally realized founder Edwin Land's ultimate vision for instant, hassle-free photography: the SX-70. The first camera designed to use completely automatic integral film, the SX-70 would set the template for instant analog photography until the present day. But while the 1970s were a high water mark for Polaroid, they were also the beginning of the end, as a series of financial blunders and a rapidly changing market conspired to take down the innovative giant by the end of the millennium.
Thank you to Mr. Julian Horn for his diligent assistance in preparing this video.
Video on Camera Flashes: youtube.com/watch?v=5XRA84_1K5M
0:00 Introduction
2:25 How Integral Film Works
5:43 SX-70 Camera: External Features
10:43 How the SX-70 Works
12:55 SX-70 Accessories
13:51 SX-70 Development, Launch, and Teething Problems
17:50 Model 1000 OneStep Camera and Late Model SX-70s
19:20 Kodak Instant Cameras and the Polaroid Patent Lawsuit
21:04 PolaVision and the Fall of Polaroid
24:45 Polaroid Reborn
25:27 Outro
SOURCES:
medium.com/@bertan.tarakcioglu/story-of-the-polaroid-cef3605860d4
books.google.ca/books?id=e9QDAAAAMBAJ&q=Polaroid+SX-70&pg=RA1-PA104&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
manualslib.com/manual/799832/Polaroid-690-Slr.html?page=5#manual
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Polaroid_SX-70_Model_3
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Polaroid_SX-70
technologizer.com/2011/06/08/polaroid
lateralscience.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-polapulse-battery.html
opensx70.com/posts/2021/07/design
butkus.org/chinon/polaroid_cameras/polaroid_cameras.htm
In which our 3-part series on Polaroid finally comes to a close.
In 1972, Polaroid released an iconic product that finally realized founder Edwin Land's ultimate vision for instant, hassle-free photography: the SX-70. The first camera designed to use completely automatic integral film, the SX-70 would set the template for instant analog photography until the present day. But while the 1970s were a high water mark for Polaroid, they were also the beginning of the end, as a series of financial blunders and a rapidly changing market conspired to take down the innovative giant by the end of the millennium.
Thank you to Mr. Julian Horn for his diligent assistance in preparing this video.
Video on Camera Flashes: youtube.com/watch?v=5XRA84_1K5M
0:00 Introduction
2:25 How Integral Film Works
5:43 SX-70 Camera: External Features
10:43 How the SX-70 Works
12:55 SX-70 Accessories
13:51 SX-70 Development, Launch, and Teething Problems
17:50 Model 1000 OneStep Camera and Late Model SX-70s
19:20 Kodak Instant Cameras and the Polaroid Patent Lawsuit
21:04 PolaVision and the Fall of Polaroid
24:45 Polaroid Reborn
25:27 Outro
SOURCES:
medium.com/@bertan.tarakcioglu/story-of-the-polaroid-cef3605860d4
books.google.ca/books?id=e9QDAAAAMBAJ&q=Polaroid+SX-70&pg=RA1-PA104&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
manualslib.com/manual/799832/Polaroid-690-Slr.html?page=5#manual
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Polaroid_SX-70_Model_3
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Polaroid_SX-70
technologizer.com/2011/06/08/polaroid
lateralscience.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-polapulse-battery.html
opensx70.com/posts/2021/07/design
butkus.org/chinon/polaroid_cameras/polaroid_cameras.htm
