{"id":70576,"date":"2024-02-19T14:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T19:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/?p=70576"},"modified":"2024-02-19T22:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T03:03:12","slug":"polaroid-sx-70-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2024\/02\/19\/polaroid-sx-70-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The $5 Discovery: How a Polaroid SX-70 Ignited My Passion for Instant Photography \ud83d\udcf8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During one Saturday morning adventure last summer, I stumbled upon a remarkable find at a garage sale. As a travel blogger, where photography plays such a crucial role in my storytelling, I have always been drawn to digital cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unbeknownst to me, I came across a Polaroid camera that morning that would completely ignite a new passion using a format I have never worked with before: instant film photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For just $5, I was able to buy a used, but like-new, Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera. It came with a pack of (incompatible) original 1999 Polaroid Black and White 600 film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still packed in its original box with the instruction manual, warranty card, and all, I was primarily drawn in by the rainbow logo resembling both Apple\u2019s original brand colors as well as the gay pride rainbow. Of course, this box was neither. It was an original Polaroid camera from the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I later discovered that $5 for this camera was a total steal because Polaroid sells them on their website for $389.99<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inside the box, the camera was in great condition and blew me away with its premium-feeling design and intriguing engineering. It was unlike any camera I\u2019d ever held in my entire life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a travel blogger, where photography plays such a crucial role in my storytelling, cameras play a huge role in my daily operations. I\u2019ve always had a keen interest in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Being born in the 1990s, I lived through the mass transition from point-and-shoot film cameras to modern-day digital cameras. I\u2019ve owned my fair share of both. However, I can\u2019t say I have ever seen an actual<\/em> Polaroid instant camera before this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not fully grasping the treasure I held in my hands, I spent 10-15 minutes trying to cautiously open the camera without damaging it since I had no idea it popped open like an accordion! The opening mechanism is brilliant and not at all what you would expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I pressed the shutter button but, without having inserted any film in the camera, nothing happened. I went on Amazon and searched for Polaroid film. It was during that time that I learned about the company\u2019s rough history: <\/p>\n\n\n\n