Polaroid spectra af film1/23/2024 ![]() ![]() “Joe and Mike, Twice Exposed” by Dan Domme Upon opening the camera second time, the camera has “forgotten” that it took the first picture and will expose the same piece of film again. Then, you can release the latch on the side and close the camera again. In the first method, you need to fire the shutter and keep your finger pressed down firmly after the picture is taken. In either case, you’ll want to adjust the camera’s exposure compensation all the way to the “darkest” setting. You can read for a complete breakdown, with the Polaroid Spectra Pro and the Minolta Instant Pro apparently offering the greatest number of manual controls.Ī cool feature about Spectra cameras is that it’s remarkably easy to take double exposures, using two different methods. If you’d like to try out a Spectra camera, it’s important to know that most cameras feature the same controls. Though you can find examples of people using Spectra Cameras in movies and television shows from the 1990s and early 2000s, I would bet that when most people think of Polaroid cameras, they’re probably thinking of the more “consumer”-grade OneStep cameras that take 600-style film.Ībove: The Polaroid Spectra AF (Auto Focus) The odd thing about the Spectra System is that everything was a major improvement to the 600-film cameras, but it seems to me that the format apparently never took off when compared to the OneSteps. Released in the 1980s, the Spectra System feature wider “Image”-series films (much like the upgrade to16:9 television from 4:3), a ‘Quintic’ 125mm f/10 3-element lens, self-timer, automatic exposure, and sonar autofocus. Their story has been discussed countless places, so I won’t go into it, but they were the ones who introduced me to another format – the Polaroid Spectra System. My love affair with Polaroid was quick and unsatisfying (most of the shots I took were pretty dark) until I discovered the charming flaws of the new Impossible Project films. ![]() ![]() The effects of supply and demand are amplified when we’re talking about a drug as powerful as Polaroid. In just two years, the street price has skyrocketed and such an investment would have paid monstrous dividends. On a related note, if I ever get a time machine, the first thing I’m going to do is tell my 2009 self to raid all the drugstores he can find and just invest in 600 film. Back when Polaroid announced that it was discontinuing 600 instant film, I got pretty sad and picked up a OneStep from eBay, along with some 600 film at CVS. ![]()
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