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I was just wondering about the prices. The best deal is obviously to buy the twin pack.Or am i mistaken.
SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS FILM SINCE I HAVE AN OLD CAMERA USED FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS WHERE WE WANT THE PICTURE NOW. FAST SERVICE TOO.JEAN SISSON
this film arrived quickly and fit the camera just fine. however, even though the expiration date said 2009, the film had clearly been tainted in some other way, left out in heat or cold, or something, because the color was very poor and the pictures never really fully developed, maintaining a fuzzy, orange-ish color. Hopefully it was only this batch, but as the film has gotten so expensive and difficult to find, I won't be able to afford risking it again with this provider.
spent too much money at walgreens, so i ordered these instead. I can tell you i was not dissapointed.
since he was local to me, he picked up my camera, did the mods, and brought it back the next day. so you're asking yourself, can i use Polaroid 600 film packs in my SX-70 camera. AND to get around those nasty little tabs on the 600 film pack cartridges so it slides right in just like Time Zero film. and Time Zero film sells for insane prices. well the answer is yes and no.
there's no reason your former $350.00 camera has to spend the rest of its life as a paperweight.if you want to keep using Time Zero film, you'll pay as much for a couple of packs as a professional modification to the camera costs. sitting in a drawer or closet that you haven't used for years. you'll have to do some searching around yourself, and you'll find Web sites that explain how to do these mods yourself, as well as the site that belongs to the guy who did the mod for me. (this directly from the mouth of a Polaroid rep i just spoke with).if you want to use the still-produced 600 film in your old SX-70 (regular or Sonar auto-focus models). as Amazon probably doesn't like reviewers linking to external Web sites, i'm not going to link to the site that belongs to the guy who modded my SX-70 for me. then i went to a local store and bought a few fresh packs of 600 film, and this 35 year old camera now has a new lease on life.
Hi. and have vanished from stores. and then if you shoot pictures, they'll come out totally washed-out and over-exposed because the SX-70 can't handle the much faster 600 speed film. it cost me $100.00 for these modifications, but i dealt with a local pro who has done it to hundreds of SX-70 cameras. the SX-70 has NO film speed adjustment. first the no part.600 film has an ASA speed of 600. which means you have to go through a song and dance just to get one to fit into an SX-70. Time Zero film was two stops slower.
SX-70 film packs, which became Polaroid "Time Zero" film, have not been made for a few years. this is what i had done to my Vintage 1973 SX-70. it accepts the 600 film packs without any hassle, correctly exposes it, and i get excellent results, and at about $12.00 to $13.00 a pack, Polaroid 600 film is basically the same price as Time Zero film was years ago when it was in stores. so if you have one of Polaroid's later, cheaper cameras like the One-Step, and you want to keep using it, stock up on 600 film while it's still out there. PLUS, 600 film packs, although they look identical to Time Zero film packs, also have some little metal tabs on them that Time Zero film packs don't have.
so it's both a physical modification to the camera, PLUS an electronic modification to its internal circuit board to fool its light sensor into using 600 film packs. and come the end of 2009, there won't be ANY new 600 film produced any more. you might have an old Polaroid SX-70 camera (introduced around 1973 at a retail price of $300.00 to $350.00). if you visit polaroid.com and read their news area, you'll learn that they are phasing out ALL their instant films (many like Time Zero are already long-gone). so you pay about $1.30 per shot. if you store it SEALED in its box in your refrigerator, it'll extend its expiration from months to up to a year. you'll need to modify the camera both physically and electronically, but if done correctly, 600 film WILL work correctly in a modified SX-70. then you also have to do a physical mod to the film pack slot so a 600 pack will slide in, getting around those little metal tabs problem.the ultimate solution is to have a pro make both an internal electronic modification to adjust the camera's light sensor circuitry to be happy with 600 film, AND make the physical mod to the film-loading slot so the 600 packs slide right in just like good old Time Zero packs did.
about the only place to find it is at that huge online auction site i won't name but you know who i'm talking about. and if you do store it in your refrigerator, before you plan to use it, take it out of cold Storage and let it sit at room temperature for at least two hours. so what to do.well, the SX-70 CAN be modified in a number of ways to let it use 600 film and expose it correctly for excellent results. you can buy a Neutral Density (ND) filter that snaps on over the little light sensor window on the front of the camera next to the shooting lens, but that's a "band-aid" solution, as the filter sticks out, preventing you from folding the camera back down unless you take the filter off.you can hack the built-in light sensor window and install a round piece of plastic to change the light sensor's behavior, if you have the nerve and the skills and the tools to do the physical mod yourself. just don't freeze it.
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