Why I'll miss Time-Zero film

[apocaplops]

I'll never get another shot like this when Time-Zero is gone. Never.

[KirkT]

Outstanding.  

I'm such a huge sucker for SX-70.  I'm deeply sad that I'll never get a chance to use it.

[mitspooner]

So much Film, So little time. That is one super shot :!:  :!:  :!:

[LarryD]

Now can it be converted to film pack. Cut sheet film hope the battery in the pack hold out and build a light trap to catch the film as it ejects.

A thought

Larry

[KirkT]

There is something about the SX-70 color though.  The 600 just doesn't have it.  I never was interested in the manipulation, but those colors....wow.

[keithslater]

I agree, I tested with my daughter last summer 3 shots.  One with sx-70, one with 600, and one with spectra film.  I thought the sx-70 gave the nicest skin tones.  My wife liked the spectra though.
Keith

[LarryD]

I think Polaroid did what they had to do in life. They showed the World you did not need a darkroom to see a picture. On their Journey they capavated alot of people and set the ground rules for the Digital era. the only thing they did not do was follow through. they have some nice point and shoot digital cameras these days but all are just a little too late. They were always the nitch market and that nitch just went away.

Larry

[dhgee]

I must stock up quickly - it's gone after this month, right? Nothing compares to the tones of Time Zero. Will a Spectra pack fit an SX-70?

[keithslater]

No,
Spectra will not fit in sx-70.  600 series will, but it is 4 times faster.  So you have to put a ND filter over the lens.  Go here for an explanation:
http://www.polaroid.com/sx70/en/index.html

[ImageMaker]

I've long though the 600 Platinum was better than the Time-Zero, but maybe it's just a matter of the light (both at exposure, and for viewing).  Sure would like to get an SLR 680 -- the 600 version of the SX-70...

[ImageMaker]

I must stock up quickly - it's gone after this month, right? Nothing compares to the tones of Time Zero. Will a Spectra pack fit an SX-70?

Nope.

You can load 600 in an SX-70 by defeating the spring lockout, and vice versa -- same format, same cartridge dimensions except for a couple tabs on the back edge of the pack (simplest way is to carve those off with a hobby knife immediately before loading, though it also works to use a piece of the box like a shoehorn to slide the film pack over the spring).

Spectra is a different image size/shape, otherwise similar (if not identical) film to the 600.  The 600 film will be around for quite a while yet -- Polaroid is still selling cameras that use it, so the expectation is the film will be around for several years at least (it's been more than ten years since the 600 family replaced the SX-70 line).

Say, I wonder if there'd be a way to mount the attenuating filter, not in front of the lens, but above the film?  You'd just slip the filter over the opening in the film pack as you load.  That wouldn't require any permanent modification of the camera (beyond the abilities of most users anyway), and Polaroid could pack a fresh filter with each pack of 600 film, or sell them separately (gelatin filter material, at a few cents per sheet large enough to cover the SX-70 frame, is cheap enough to toss, instead of trying to handle it carefully enough to keep).

[keithslater]

I do not know how scientific this is.  Both of these shots were taken moments of each other with fill flash.
SX-70 Sonar with electronic flash:


Spectra:

[apocaplops]

Say, I wonder if there'd be a way to mount the attenuating filter, not in front of the lens, but above the film?  You'd just slip the filter over the opening in the film pack as you load.

That my friend, is genius! Seriously, it just might work!

[apocaplops]

I do not know how scientific this is.  Both of these shots were taken moments of each other with fill flash.

I only use my SX70 with existing light, that's a bit of a limitation. For fill flash, I've seen few cameras that do as nice a job as the Spectra system. Seriously! Here's an interior Spectra of Holly:

[ImageMaker]

Say, I wonder if there'd be a way to mount the attenuating filter, not in front of the lens, but above the film?  You'd just slip the filter over the opening in the film pack as you load.

That my friend, is genius! Seriously, it just might work!

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