Crack that code
May 5, 2021
Note: this is a “reprint” of the blog entry posted by the legendary Matt Widmann on November 11th 2017.
This to celebrate...
Fairchild vs Texas Instruments
Apr 13, 2021
By now we all have heard about the tremendous challenge that creating the SX-70, it was a big gamble in that many breakthrough...
Dolores and the SX-70
Feb 12, 2021Last summer browsing eBay searching for all things SX70 I came across this reel of 16mm film.
Without hesitation I...
How Polaroid bet its future on the SX-70
Jan 21, 2021
The earliest ancestor of the SX-70 weighed five pounds and took only sepia pictures with big, inconvenient rolls of film (upper left)....
the SX70 unleashed
Nov 18, 2020
This openSX70 project has always been multifaceted, not only the hardware and the software, but the technology archaeology, the silicon dies, etc… But...
Where no SX70 has gone before
Nov 2, 2020So quite a few news. 
First of all I got the new assembled PCBs from PCBWAY and they look fantastic, and they...
The BodyFlex circuit
Oct 25, 2020
The bodyflex PCB
The bodyflex is the circuit that is on the body of the camera, connecting S3 S5 S6 S7 S8 and...
the i-Question
Aug 27, 2020
Are there reasons to use i-Type film in an SX70?
How do we go about it?
FILM
Polaroid film has been...
