Friday, September 17, 2010

An exciting new camera !

I recently came across a Polaroid Colorpack II Camera at a garage sale. After some research I discovered that only Fuji still sells Polaroid film to work for the camera. It cost way more than the actual camera but has been so much fun experimenting with. Thankfully I had a visit from my sis and mom who helped me figure out how the camera works and took some fun experimental shots.  The following is a description of the camera and some fun details about the camera.

Description:


Here we have a Polaroid Colorpack II Land Camera. Although the Polaroid 100 film for this camera is no longer being produced, it is still available from several online sources. THE EXCITING NEWS all over the web on October 14 is that in 2010, Polaroid film will once again be available (both black and white, and color)!
The camera measures 6 3/4" x 6" x 5 1/2". About this camera, from Wikipedia: "Initially produced in 1969, the Colorpack 2 was the first rigid, plastic bodied, colour film capable Polaroid to retail at consumer range prices, and set a precedent for many, many similar models that followed. The Colorpack is designed only for 100 series packfilm.
Focusing is carried out by turning the distance-marked front lens element; unlike the original Polaroid 100-400 series packfilm cameras, this series features no rangefinder mechanism. As an improvement over the original folding series however, there is no need to cock the shutter after each exposure. The Colorpack 2 also takes generic 'blue dot' flashcubes, with a wind-up hot shoe and small plastic diffuser set to one side of the lens.
Early versions of this model featured a glass lens, but most were plastic."

Here are the famous behind the scenes photography shots:





1 comment:

Jennifer said...

I think you have a cool "new" camera. I want one now :)I am glad we could figure it out....pretty fun!