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Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 Model 2

Specifications, film and matching parts.

Type
Instant camera
Production
from 1977
Film
Instant film
Battery
6-V-Polapulse-Flachbatterie im SX-70-Filmpack · powers shutter and meter
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Camera

Type
Instant camera
Production
from 1977

Film

Film
Instant film

Lens

Lens
116 mm f/8
Focusing
focusing screen

Shutter

Shutter
Leaf shutter, electronic
Shutter speeds
10 s – 1/175 s

Exposure

Metering
separate meter cell (not through the lens)
Exposure modes
fully automatic

Battery

Battery
6-V-Polapulse-Flachbatterie im SX-70-Filmpack · powers shutter and meter

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

  1. Wikipedia: List of Polaroid instant cameras
  2. Polaroid: The First Thirty Years, 1948–1978, Eintrag März 1977
  3. Polaroid: SX-70 Cameras, Kurzanleitung einschließlich Alpha Models 1 und 2
  4. Polaroid Support: Best Polaroid camera 2026, Abschnitt Polaroid SX-70 Cameras
  5. Zeitgenössischer Kameratest: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1, Seite 170
  6. Wikipedia: Polaroid SX-70, Stromversorgung und Film
  7. Polaroid US: Color SX-70 Film, technische Daten
  8. Polaroid: Color SX-70 Film, technische Daten

Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know

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