Photograph by Dalton Rooney
Photograph by Dalton Rooney
The SX-70 gave me a lot of trouble today. Weird mechanical glitches caused a lot of over-exposed and blurry frames. At one point, it jammed and then spat three pieces of film at me all at the same time, all unexposed. I guess that’s what I get for buying a 30 year old camera on eBay for 20 bucks. I’m on the lookout for a spare.
While we’re on the subject of Polaroid, I came across this post today about a fellow who took a Polaroid every day for almost 20 years, right up until the day he died in 1997. There are 6,697 photographs in all, and it makes for a poignant and beautiful story.
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That’s an amazing story – the guy who took a polaroid every single day. His story must be huge at the moment because the website keeps going down (I haven’t been able to look at the photos yet).
As for your temperamental sx-70, it’s heartbreaking, isn’t it, when precious polaroid film is wasted. It makes me cry a little inside each time a frame of mine doesn’t play ball.
Everyone still buying polaroid cameras are braver people than me – if the state of film availability was as it is today back when I bought all mine I don’t think I would have done. Perhaps you have a remarkable stash of film to keep you going (and perhaps if I beg :p).
I do have a little bit of film stashed away, but it is rapidly dwindling. I will keep shooting until the day it runs out, I am really loving the quality of Polaroid film. I only wish I had discovered Polaroid when Time Zero was still around, I have heard wonderful things about that film.