Specifications
- Type
- Instant camera
- Production
- from 1977
- Film
- Instant film
- Lens
- 116 mm f/8
- Shutter
- Leaf shutter, electronic
- Shutter speeds
- 10 s – 1/175 s
- Metering
- separate meter cell (not through the lens)
- Exposure modes
- fully automatic
- Focusing
- focusing screen
- Battery
- 6-V-Polapulse-Flachbatterie im SX-70-Filmpack · powers shutter and meter
Good to know
Without a battery, the shutter can’t be released electrically and the motor won’t eject the print. [6]
Keep the shutter button fully pressed until the print has been ejected. [3]
There’s no built-in flash, but the camera has a Flashbar socket. [4]
Sources
- Wikipedia: List of Polaroid instant cameras
- Polaroid: The First Thirty Years, 1948–1978, Eintrag März 1977
- Polaroid: SX-70 Cameras, Kurzanleitung einschließlich Alpha Models 1 und 2
- Polaroid Support: Best Polaroid camera 2026, Abschnitt Polaroid SX-70 Cameras
- Zeitgenössischer Kameratest: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1, Seite 170
- Wikipedia: Polaroid SX-70, Stromversorgung und Film
- Polaroid US: Color SX-70 Film, technische Daten
- Polaroid: Color SX-70 Film, technische Daten
Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know
