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    RamonAstacus: I had both an earlier Polaroid camera and an SX-70. The earlier cameras required you to wait a few minutes and then peel back a sticky coating to reve... more »
    YankBoffin: The durability of analog tech is undervalued here, versus digital media. Drives corrupt. Computers crash. Even optical discs degrade over time. When ... more »
    Clem-Clone: The SX-70 was the most technically advanced consumer product you could but at the time, combining electronics, chemistry, physics and advanced optics ... more »
    ajpen: >> "The "original" is preserved forever, even as digital wholly obliterates the concept of the original." more »
    Curves: My mom had one of these, and there was some funky stick of a gelatin like substance that you had to smear on the picture after it came out. Back in t... more »
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    Polaroid SX-70: The Joy of Instant Photography Before Digital

    The Polaroid SX-70 was not the first instant camera. Released in 1972, it was the first instant SLR, and the first to use Polaroid's iconic integral print film that developed automatically. It folded up so it fit in your pocket. More »