Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gib Robinson wrote: > > When we travel out of the country, I often take a Polaroid camera so I can > give an instant snapshot to people whom I photograph. I've run many rolls of > SX-70 film through my aging Polaroid and I'd love to replace it with > something of better quality. Is there a Polaroid with a good lens available > or, better yet, did anyone ever make a Polaroid back for an R series camera? > > --Gib Calumet is selling the Polaroid 690 SLR at a close-out price of $150. It uses the 600 High Definition film. I believe that Polaroid has made several other films that work with this system that enable you to write on them. I have one and use it for the same reason you outlined as well as documenting studio set-ups, photographing backgrounds to show clients, quick pix of potential models to show art directors, documentation of my landscaping and garden at different bloom times, etc. I love it and wonder how I went without one for so long. They used to sell for around $400 before the close-out. Well worth considering. Hope this helps. - -- Carl Socolow http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/