Saturday, July 3, 2010

Cameras: Polaroid 800 and 100a

I have the coolest uncle Bill ever-- he gave me a pogo stick, dresses like the Crocodile Hunter, takes me to Finland (with my Aunt Paivi:)), makes my and this summer gave me 7 cameras!
My cameras
(LtoR, Top: Polaroid 110a, Polaroid 800, Polaroid SX-70
Row 2: Polaroid Spirit, Keystone 16mm movie camera, Holga 120n, Yashica MG-1, Kombi Camera
Row 3: Minolta X-370, Pentax K-1000, Diana Lens for Nikon, Canon Pellix)

Polaroid 110a and 800
Beauties. Unfortunately there has been no film for these cameras since 1991, but there are camera hacks that I could do to get some pictures out of 'em. :) I found some great directions here and I am in a photography class this fall and I think I'll try my hand at "Film Alternative #1" with the darkroom.

Polaroid 110a and 800
These cameras were 2 of Polaroid's instant rollfilm cameras.

Fronts
Polaroid 110a

Polaroid 800
Bellows
Polaroid 800

Bag for 110a
Polaroid 110a

Polaroid 110a

Accessories
Polaroid 110a

Polaroid 110a

Polaroid 110a

I think old cameras like this are so interesting to look at-- it doesn't matter if I can get 100 pictures out of them or not, I think they are neat decorations. I really hope I can get them to work though-- I love the photos that other people have taken with both.

you lay silent while drenched in the afternoon light
via benprks' photostream

... or these cows. :)

And this is really, really delicious:
Raspberries, Strawberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, Rhubarb, homemade cookies, ice cream
Raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, rhubarb, homemade chocolate chip cookies, ice cream.

1 comment:

CatAnne said...

WOW! Those are beautiful, it's a pity that you can't find film for them/they can't be developed. Maybe Ebay? Did they all belong to him, or did he buy them for you? He took you to Finland, He get's the Uncle award. I would have loved to have those cameras and go to Finland. You're super lucky. Photo 1, you have a Camera with a Mikey strap, where did you get it? I love that! I also love the Zebra camera. :D

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