The toolset
The toolset
We, at openSX70 love to share, to make stuff available for the community, but, unfortunately, because of the nature in itself of the SX-70 camera, that...
Inspiration
In early October 1972, Sean Callahan of LIFE magazine interviewed Dr. Land in his Cambridge office.
Dolores and the SX-70
Last summer browsing eBay searching for all things SX70 I came across this reel of 16mm film.
How Polaroid bet its future on the SX-70
The earliest ancestor of the SX-70 weighed five pounds and took only sepia pictures with big, inconvenient rolls of film (upper left). The Color Pack series (lower left)...
Where no SX70 has gone before
So quite a few news.
First of all I got the new assembled PCBs from PCBWAY and they look fantastic, and they even work. Just kidding! If you...
How to be part of the (open)SX70 scene
And there is no...
manufacturing with PCBWAY & sponsorship!
PCBWAY has been kind enough to sponsor the openSX70 project by picking the tab of a fair amount of my latest order. I am thankful.
Polaroid
I want to say something up-front, I love PolaroidOriginals, I appreciate that they let me use my SX70 cameras, full stop. Please feel my love.
How I store and show off my cameras and photos
Dongle-porn
Thomas Zamolo
The photographer Thomas Zamolo, has been kind enough to test the Prototype #3.5 openSX70 camera with studio flash. He has a YouTube channel.
Beta Testers wanted!
New PCBs status (UPDATED 20181130)
ALPHA 6.2.3
G-I-V-E-A-W-A-Y-!
Looking for a new light sensor
Marco's amazing live build
The other day Marco of AnalogThings decided to convert his best nice alpha SX70 into an openSX70 camera. And if that is not quite enough, being the first...
Testing flash operation
Field Trip
Aladdin PCBs have arrived!!!
One day ahead of the scheduled date the new boards from JLCPCB have landed.
Of course I have to test them.
I have a PCB design!
I have made a PCB design decent enough to send it for manufacture. Usually the PCBs are 1.6mm, and optionally 0.8mm, but I feel I need a bit...
Schematic finalized
I am getting quite confident with EagleCAD and have “finalized” the schematic. I has been amazing learning to use the program. I have also been testing the light...
The Ugly Dongle Prototype
I have managed to have a working prototype of the UPCD (ugly prototype control dongle). It connects to the camera via the flash socket yet the flash is...
Success
Success!!! I have loaded a pack of SX70 film since I feel the shutter is pretty slow. First picture only got a very small portion on the bottom...