![]() ![]() ![]() This fault is completely random and depends on many variables with each pack of film and the configuration of the camera circuitry. We also carried out multiple battery tests with different voltages and currents from different suppliers. We optimized the dimensions and deflection angle of the ejecting film, reduced the pod weight, and lowered the mask friction through different coatings. Thank you for your continued belief in analog instant photography, Oskar Smolokowski CEO, Polaroid Our manufacturing team led an intensive, 6-month testing and improvement plan on Spectra cameras and our film. We look forward to working with our community to test new products and to keep analog instant photography thriving well into the future. As we share in the sadness with our community, we continue to focus on the future of analog instant photography through enhancing our core range, and through continued work on our film chemistry. I’ve experimented and got it to spit out used film, but have yet to try the actual swap of fresh film in a dark room/bag. So today, with a heavy heart, we are announcing the end of production for Spectra film. ago There are videos of people making 600 film work if you wedge it into a Spectra cartridge with a fresh battery. After extensive testing, we have concluded that we cannot support these cameras any longer. Jamming and frequent breakdowns are now affecting the majority of these cameras, and unfortunately, this is not something we can influence with our film. With three decades behind them, these wide format cameras are now coming to the end of their useful lives. Mechanically and electronically, this Polaroid still functions flawlessly.October 2019 Dear Spectra photographers, Since 1986, Spectra has played an important part in Polaroid’s film offering and in the world of analog instant photography. Cosmetically, this Spectra is in good shape with fairly average wear and tear. The film currently loaded is discontinued Polaroid stock although compatible film is still being produced by the Impossible Project, the company that purchased Polaroid’s production machinery after they exited the instant film business in 2008. As you can see from the frame counter, there’s film in it and we still use it occasionally. This particular Polaroid Spectra was purchased brand new by my father-in-law for my mother-in-law who later passed it down to my wife. Just above the frame counter on the top plate of the camera is the most important control of all: the shutter button. ![]() Next to that is the switch that enables or disables beeps from the camera, a self-timer, autofocus override for situations that confuse the sonar rangefinder system like shooting through glass, manual flash override, exposure compensation slider, socket for the remote control receiver accessory, flash cycle indicator lights and, lastly, a frame counter. ![]() Starting from the left is the units setting (meters or feet) that will be displayed within the viewfinder which can be changed with the tip of a ball-point pen. Most of the Spectra’s controls are on the back as a series of switches next to the viewfinder. Once open, a newly revealed lever on the opposite side of the camera can be pressed to open the film door for loading and unloading. To activate the lens, the switch underneath the handstrap must be pulled. The camera uses this information to adjust the Quintic 125mm f/10 lens accordingly and takes a reading from the integrated light meter (located above the viewfinder between the lens and the flash) to calculate exposure. Polaroid Spectra System Graindigger (10) 32.00 40.00 (20 off) Polaroid TIP Photo Album Film Holder for Spectra film 2 books in 1 pack Polaroid 1200 ONYX Spectra Pro Procam Impossible project Cocolovelyshop (1,299) 22. Using its sonar-based rangefinder system (the gold-colored disc hidden behind black mesh next to the lens), the Spectra emits a series of ultra high frequency soundwaves and then uses the echo delay to calculate the subject’s distance from the camera, much like the echolocation system used by dolphins and bats. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the Spectra is its use of the sonar autofocus system pioneered by the Polaroid SX-70 Sonar OneStep in the late ’70s. With this new line of cameras came a new line of instant film named Spectra/Image/1200 film which, apart from producing rectangular instead of square images, is more or less identical to existing 600 series film. The Polaroid Spectra is the first model in the Spectra System line (also known as “Image System” and the Minolta Instant Pro in overseas markets) of instant cameras introduced by Polaroid in 1986. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |