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Model 95 (1948–1953) Model 95A "Speedliner" (1954–1957) ... list price $150. Model 315 ... Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera model 2 instant camera.
The Land Camera is a model of self-developing film camera manufactured by Polaroid between 1948 and 1983. It is named after the inventor, American scientist Edwin Land, who developed a process for self-developing photography between 1943 and 1947. [1] After Edwin Land's retirement from Polaroid in 1982, the name 'Land' was dropped from the ...
The first roll film camera was the Polaroid Model 95, followed by subsequent models containing various new features. Roll film came in two rolls (positive/developing agent and negative) which were loaded into the camera and was eventually offered in three sizes (40, 30, and 20 series).
SX-70 Model 2 with expired film cartridge protruding from the front SX-70 Sonar OneStep A fully collapsed SX-70 Model 1. In 1948, Polaroid introduced its first consumer camera. The Land Camera Model 95 was the first camera to use instant film to quickly produce photographs without developing them in a laboratory. Although popular, the Model 95 ...
Polaroid Corporation was an American company best known for its instant film and cameras, which now survives as a brand for consumer electronics. The company was founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land, to exploit the use of his Polaroid polarizing polymer. [1] Land and Polaroid created the first instant camera, the Land Camera, in 1948. [2]
One market niche Polaroid promoted was the field of industrial testing, where the camera would record, for example, the destruction of a pipe under pressure. This type of use was moderately price-insensitive, with the ability to get the images quickly (thus reducing wasted crew time) a very positive selling feature.
Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, [2] FRPS, Hon.MRI (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor, [4] best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. He invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography , and the retinex theory of color vision , among other things.
The Land Camera 1000 is an instant camera manufactured by Polaroid Corporation. In the United States, it was marketed as the OneStep . Based on the Polaroid SX-70 , the camera includes a one element 103mm f/14.6 plastic lens, fixed focus and an exposure compensation dial knob.