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In the News (Fri 27 Nov 09)

  
  The Land List
What Polaroid is really doing is re-positioning this film as a more efficient/economical format for use in film backs for professional medium-format cameras-- one application that has likely (so far) had a somewhat more minimal impact from digital technologies.
Yes, a Polaroid rollfilm camera user guide seems almost academic at this stage in the game, but I do get asked about that from time to time, and I thought it'd be a nice idea.
Also, the less-than-obvious Alphabetical Camera Index has been relocated to a more prominent place, as it is now incorporated with the main Camera Listings page.
www.rwhirled.com /landlist/landhome.htm   (4960 words)

  
 Polaroid 110b Camera
This Polaroid 110b camera is a nice example of this popular professional camera.
However, the camera is also popular as an inexpensive source of a high quality view camera lens made by Rodenstock-Ysarex with a leaf shutter.
Thanks to the large size of the polaroid format, these lenses can be used on many medium format rollfilm back and 4x5 sheet film view cameras with the appropriate mounting board materials.
medfmt.8k.com /mf/polaroid110.html   (407 words)

  
 Polaroid x530 with Foveon X3 sensor: Digital Photography Review
The camera is the world’s first point-and-shoot digital camera to incorporate X3 technology.
The Polaroid x530 is scheduled to ship to retailers in June 2004 with a suggested retail price of $399.
The Polaroid brand x530 digital camera is made by World Wide License Ltd under exclusive license by Polaroid and distributed in the United States through Uniden America Corporation.
www.dpreview.com /news/0402/04020909polaroidx530.asp   (752 words)

  
 Polaroid Test Cameras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Polaroid model 110 series cameras are commonly picked for use as Polaroid test cameras.
Polaroid "updated" one of their earlier cameras for newer faster films by supplying a lens cap in which a centered hole had been drilled.
Incidentally, these folding pack film cameras _will_ hold their shutter open if you keep the shutter button depressed _and_ the camera is in darkness or, my favorite trick, something like fl electrical tape or putty is placed over the light sensor on the front of the camera.
medfmt.8k.com /mf/polaroidtest.html   (10619 words)

  
 Polaroid SX-70
The Polaroid SX-70 is a folding SLR Polaroid pack film camera first introduced in 1972 by the Polaroid Corporation and produced in various iterations up until the early 1980s.
The Polaroid web site has a copy of the manual online, but because I'm worried that the company might not be around much longer, here's a mirrored copy of it in PDF format.
Camera is in nearly pristine condition with excellent leather condition.
www.photoethnography.com /ClassicCameras/PolaroidSX-70.html   (591 words)

  
 Polaroid Land Camera Model 95   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Polaroid photography is widely used by amateurs but more important applications are found in science, police work and proofing by professional photographers.
The largest Polaroid film available is 16 x 20 inches and the handful of large format view cameras supporting this size and are mainly used to produce fine art images.
The smallest Polariod print is produced by the i- Zone camera which became on of the best selling cameras in the world in 1999.
www.clickondavid.com /polaroid.html   (257 words)

  
 Photographic Scanning, or "strip" photography, with a Polaroid Camera
In order to scan with film-type cameras one needs to simply restrict the field of view of the camera to a very narrow horizontal angle and then arrange for the film to simply move by behind this narrow vertical slit opening.
To modify a Polaroid camera that uses such films as Polaroid 667 or 668, or 665, you simply need to cover up the opening in the pack that delimits the image gate with a piece of opaque paper taped into the gate aperture.
At the last ATPI convention I used one of these modified Polaroid cameras of my own construction to photograph students as they were turned in front of the camera by a motorized turntable.
www.rit.edu /~andpph/text-strip-polaroid.html   (761 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Polaroid Spectra 1200SI Instant Camera Kit: Camera & Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Polaroid Spectra 1200SI features an electronic viewfinder that provides distance and light information as well as auditory and visual signals that cue you to the right photographic conditions.
The era of Polaroid Photography seems to be nearing an end.
All instant cameras are easy to use and this one has a better lens, so picture will be almost clear, but not perfect.
www.amazon.com /Polaroid-Spectra-1200SI-Instant-Camera/dp/B00004RF6K   (765 words)

  
 Polaroid Camera Invention   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Edwin Herbert Land was an American inventor and industrialist born in Bridgeport, Conn. He became interested in POLARIZED LIGHT and invented a material to eliminate glare in 1932.
In 1937, he established the Polaroid Corp. to manufacture sunglasses, camera filters, and headlights.
He developed a process for three-dimensional pictures in 1941, invented the polaroid camera in 1947 and introduced instant color photographs in 1963.
hicards.com /platinum/bizarre/polaroid.html   (85 words)

  
 Polaroid’s Digital Camera PDC 640   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
First thing after taking the camera out of the box was to install the batteries (4 AA cells).
The status panel on the camera displays a PC message and beeps if the camera is properly connected to your computer.
This camera is a battery hog; the 4 AA batteries were well drained when I tried to use the camera the next day.
www.hal-pc.org /journal/oct00/Review/polaroid/polaroid.html   (732 words)

  
 How to re-use Polaroid instant PopShots camera?
The Polaroid instant PopShots camera is a disposable camera that produces instant pictures.
As soon as the picture is produced from the camera, it develops instantly.
It looks to me that Polaroid stores all the energy in a large capacitor, which when the camera is turned on, charges the flash capacitor.
www.camerahacker.com /PopShots/index.shtml   (269 words)

  
 Camera Works: Photo Essay (washingtonpost.com)
The camera, dubbed Moby C, can produce pictures that are 40 inches wide and up to 106 inches long, or, to put that into better perspective: it can make a full-color, incredibly detailed life-sized, head-to-toe image of virtually any human being on the planet.
The invention and, frankly, the pride and joy, of the late Edwin Land, Polaroid's legendary founder, the camera had for years lived in the basement of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where a bearded young photographer and technician Mark Sobczak saw to the monster machine's care and feeding.
He came up with the idea for the world's largest Polaroid camera in the late '70s and the camera was first introduced to wow the audience at a stockholders' meeting in Cambridge, Mass., Polaroid's corporate headquarters.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/photo/essays/vanRiper/011120.htm   (1591 words)

  
 Polaroid camera
Instant-picture camera, invented by Edwin Land in the USA in 1947.
The original camera produced fl-and-white prints in about one minute.
Modern cameras can produce fl-and-white prints in a few seconds, and colour prints in less than a minute.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0006212.html   (260 words)

  
 Engadget
While Polaroid may have had that snap 'n shake camera market locked down, it certainly isn't atop the list of quality digital cameras, but the a520 isn't parading around attempting to be anything more than a bottom-of-the-line, wallet-friendly offering anyway.
Polaroid seems to be branching out even farther from their traditional instant-but-washed-out photography model (they already sell all kinds of CE gear that tends to fly below the radar), as they were showing off yet two more non-imaging devices at CES.
Images of a "Polaroid Camera Phone" have surfaced on Mobile Korea, and the device looks more like a "hey, wouldn't this be cool?" type concept than anything, so we're not expecting to be popping a SIM card into one anytime soon.
www.engadget.com /search/?q=polaroid   (2328 words)

  
 Edwin H. Land   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 1947, I introduced the first Polaroid Camera, which delivers a fl-and-white picture in seconds.
I used the principal of diffusion transfer to reproduce the image recorded by the camera's lens directly onto a photosensitive surface---which now functioned as both film and photo.
The Polaroid Land Camera was first offered for sale on November 26th, 1948.
www.northstar.k12.ak.us /schools/ryn/projects/inventors/land/land.html   (444 words)

  
 Polaroid Digital 320
This camera is much like the Polaroid 640SE (and perhaps others in the line) so you can get some info from http://www.dogphilosophy.net/photo/polaroid.html (which seems to be dead right now) or the old location at http://www.2xtreme.net/dubious/photo/polaroid.html.
We were stuck for a while on the data for the image itself until we got a submission from Karl Grill that told us how to modify an existing jpeg header and use it for the camera.
Here is a bit of C sourcecode to get the raw picture data out of the camera and here is my backup copy.
nathanstenzel.tripod.com /polaroid-digital-320.html   (1291 words)

  
 NEW 4X5 POLAROID CAMERA SHOOTS REG FILM& POLAROID   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
> the camera has front tilt and close up capability included, the cameras > come with a standard graflock frame which allows you to use > 545/545i/545pro/550 and polaroid 4o5 to shoot for exposure while saving > money.
exept that by focusing > the camera and moving the lens back and forth plus the use of close up > loupes the combinations are endless.
> > > the cameras i have in stock are probably the choice i prefer the best, its > not the highest quality lens, but the most artistic in my opinion.
www.vintagecamera.com /_disc4/0000008f.htm   (1044 words)

  
 PC World - Polaroid's Internet-Ready Camera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Polaroid's PhotoMax PDC 640 Modem camera is equipped with a 56-kbps modem that lets you upload photos from the camera to PolaroidDigital.com for editing and sharing.
The camera has a number of basic features, including 2MB of internal memory, a slot where you can add an optional CompactFlash card, and a low 640 by 480 maximum resolution that translates into less-than-stellar shots.
In spite of its drawbacks, the PDC 640 Modem camera may still be the way to go for those who need to instantly upload photos without using a laptop or a desktop PC.
www.pcworld.com /reviews/article/0,aid,63053,00.asp   (584 words)

  
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Polaroid Corp. was developed and established by Dr. Edwin H. Land in 1937 to manufacture products such as headlights, sunglasses, and camera filters.
The Polaroid 95 Land Camera was born and was made from 1948 to 1953.
Polaroid's success with their cameras and instant film makes them the world leader in the instant photography business with sales of $2.3 billion annually.
www.krphoto.com /linksforpolaroidcameracollectors.html   (554 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Polaroid PDC-700 0.8MP Digital Camera Creative Kit: Camera & Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Creative Kit, which comes with the camera, includes a convenient wrist strap, an AC adapter, batteries, a quick start guide, and cables to connect the Polaroid PCD 700 to your TV or your PC.
This is a very good vlaue for money and the camera comes wiuth some extras that the comparable C200 from HP does not include.
You can actually hook your camera up to your computer, and from the software you can change the camera settings without ever touching the camera (you can take a picture, turn on/off the lcd display, change flash formats and picture quality, etc.).
www.amazon.com /Polaroid-PDC-700-Digital-Camera-Creative/dp/B000023VQC   (1392 words)

  
 Concord Camera Corporation
Concord Camera Corp. Announces The Filing Of Its Quarterly Report On Form 10-Q For The Third Quarter And Nine Months Of Fiscal 2007.
The Polaroid branded cameras presented herein are distributed, manufactured and/or sold by one or more subsidiaries of Concord Camera Corp. Polaroid, the Polaroid logo trademarks and the Polaroid trade dress are owned by Polaroid Corporation and are used under license from Polaroid.
Polaroid does not manufacture these products or provide any product warranty or support.
www.concord-camera.com   (171 words)

  
 Inventor Edwin Herbert Land Biography
Taking a leave of absence, he developed a new kind of polarizer, which he called Polaroid, by aligning and embedding crystals in a plastic sheet.
In 1937 the group became the Polaroid Corporation with Land as president and head of research.
The development of the still camera was one of the most significant advances of the age of invention.
www.ideafinder.com /history/inventors/land.htm   (624 words)

  
 Polaroid ColorShot Digital Camera Printer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Polaroid's new Direct Connect Adapter lets you hook your digital camera right up to the printer, without using your computer at all.
Essentially it turns your digital camera into a Polaroid camera-- but you pick the images you want to turn into hard copy.
If we don't have what you are looking for, Contact Us and we will try to get it for you.
www.baber.com /baber/cameras/polaroid_colorshot.htm   (196 words)

  
 Polaroid FUN! $69.99 digital camera: Digital Photography Review
At just $69.99 you're not going to expect much on the image quality side of things but it may be a good way to get your kids into digital photography...
620 is an economical point-and-shoot digital camera and comes complete with software to provide hours of creative things to do with digital photos.
620 Digital Camera, a Pentium-class personal computer, Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000 or ME, 32 MB of RAM, 195 MB of hard drive space, and a color monitor, are necessary.
www.dpreview.com /news/0107/01072503polaroidfun69.asp   (433 words)

  
 PC World - Polaroid Digital Camera Ditches the PC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Polaroid Digital Camera Ditches the PC Company unveils camera, frames, and printers that offer digital photos without a PC.
The upcoming "digital modem camera" can upload images directly to the Internet without ever connecting to a PC, company officials say.
Analysts say Polaroid is staking its future on the growth potential of digital photography.
www.pcworld.com /news/article.asp?aid=34969   (505 words)

  
 Polaroid Land Camera Model 80a Film Camera Sample Photos and Specifications
All Cameras >> Polaroid >> Polaroid Land Camera Model 80a
These photos are are a guide to what these cameras are capable of, but may not fully represent the camera due to post-processing, scanning, or photographic technique.
Contact cameras@pbase.com to contribute data or photos of cameras.
www.pbase.com /cameras/polaroid/land_camera_model_80a   (91 words)

  
 Digital Camera Goes Polaroid PC Magazine - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The C-211 is roughly the same size and weight as a classic Polaroid camera (without the bellows).
The unit is well balanced; the sculptured grip fits the right hand well, but the camera needs a hand strap if you want to hold it comfortably for longer than a minute.
At the camera's heart is a 2.11-megapixel CCD, which yields a maximum resolution of 1,600-by-1,200.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zdpcm/is_200010/ai_ziff4209   (478 words)

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