The Polaroid 210 “Automatic” Land Camera was the lower end model of the 200 line. According to the “Land List", a fine resource for Polaroid information, the camera was produced between 1967 and 1969 and sold for a list price of $49.95. It was the first color-capable Polaroid to sell for under $50.00, and Polaroid made some 1,500,000 of them. I got one of those 210s back then. I still have ... [Read More]
Reviews
Celebrate The Day! – a new film camera in a big retail store!
In a world electronics market that predominately offers only digital cameras to consumers via “Big Box stores” like Best Buy or Walmart, it was amazingly refreshing to hear that retail giant Target (here in the US) would be offering the new Polaroid 300 camera and 300 film. I’ve covered the Polaroid 300 camera on previous blogs, spoke about it on the Film Photography Podcast and even shot a ... [Read More]
fujifilm 100b instant film (for Polaroid Pack Cameras) discontinued
Film Photography Podcast listener and friend Tony Kwong delivered this sad news to me via e-mail: Hey Mr Raso Just to let you know that Fujifilm's FP-100b has indeed stopped production in June 2010 and is discontinued in both sizes (regular and 4x5). Stock still remains in the distribution channels, so they will still be available in some stores. This discontinuation was announced by Fujifilm ... [Read More]
EPIC 35mm POINT AND SHOOT
The Olympus Stylus Epic (also known as the Mju-II) is my “point and shoot” camera of choice that I never leave home without! Photographer Jim Tardio summed it up best: Most serious photographers like to carry a small pocket camera with them at all times. For those of us raised on 35mm film, the Olympus Stylus Epic (called the Mju-II outside the USA) is our camera of choice. For those of ... [Read More]
Impossible’s PX film for Polaroid cameras
When Polaroid announced that they were discontinuing production of their film for SX-70 and 600 cameras, a group of independent entrepreneurs calling themselves The Impossible Project purchased the defunct Polaroid factory in The Netherlands and started producing new monochrome film for the millions of Polaroid cameras still in the world. The first film PX 100 (for SX-70 cameras) and PX 600 (for ... [Read More]
Ian’s Trip 35
This past May I received an e-mail from Ian Cook praising the Olympus Trip 35 (35mm film camera). Ian said: I don't know what it's like in the usa, but over here - in the uk [and in other countries, too] - the old, olympus trip 35 camera is having a bit of a resurgence; i picked up my first one, for £3 [$5, i guess] just over a year ago - and haven't stopped shooting with it, since! in ... [Read More]