SX-70 shutters, R configuration
Nov 21, 2021
FIGURE 1.
You might remember it, it was the biggest story from April 2010, a kid, Brian Hogan had found an iPhone4...
Who designed the SX-70? (updated)
Aug 12, 2021
Dr. Land always envisioned an absolute one step camera, with no waste, no peeling, no nothing: press the button and take the picture...
Walking the line
Jul 11, 2021
Take a look at this panel, it’s the latest PCB design I have made, this is my first design candidate for the “product”,...
Why every busy woman needs an SX70
Jun 24, 2021
This is an article from a 1975 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, and it can be considered sexist for a myriad of reasons, but...
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)....
