SX-70 shutters, R configuration

You might remember it, it was the biggest story from April 2010, a kid, Brian Hogan had found an iPhone4...

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Joaquín de Prada in Opensx70 2minutes

Who designed the SX-70? (updated)

Dr. Land always envisioned an absolute one step camera, with no waste, no peeling, no nothing: press the button and take the picture...

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Joaquín de Prada in Opensx70 16minutes

Walking the line

Take a look at this panel, it’s the latest PCB design I have made, this is my first design candidate for the “product”,...

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Joaquín de Prada in Opensx70 15minutes

Why every busy woman needs an SX70

This is an article from a 1975 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, and it can be considered sexist for a myriad of reasons, but...

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Joaquín de Prada in Opensx70 4minutes

Crack that code

Note: this is a “reprint” of the blog entry posted by the legendary Matt Widmann on November 11th 2017.

This to celebrate...

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Joaquín de Prada in Opensx70 8minutes

Fairchild vs Texas Instruments

By now we all have heard about the tremendous challenge that creating the SX-70, it was a big gamble in that many breakthrough...

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Joaquín de Prada in Opensx70 9minutes

Dolores and the SX-70

Without hesitation I...

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Joaquín de Prada in Opensx70 1 minute

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)....

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Joaquín de Prada in Opensx70 36minutes