I have two new cameras from the 1970s. on the left is a Diana F, the original toy art camera. They were made from the early 1960s into the 1970s. I traded a couple of wrist straps for it. It makes 4x4 cm negatives on 120 roll film. A single element plastic lens makes for dreamy images and it comes with light leaks. Taping all seams is needed if you don't want the light leaks. Some do. There is a Flickr Diana Photography photo pool. The shutter is a little sticky but there are instructions for fixing it at ToyCamera. The F stands for flash. There is a little flash holder that inserts into the two holes on top of the camera. I need one. I haven't run any film through it yet.

Vern gave me the SX-70 two days before the announcement that Polaroid would cease production of all Polaroid film products next year. That was depressing news. This camera was made on October 11, 1973 during the A shift. I couldn't afford an SX-70 when they came out. In the late 1970s Polaroid made a series of plastic cameras that took SX-70 film, the first one being the Pronto!, which I had. I don't know where it went. I really liked it. Polaroid stopped making SX-70 film in 2006 but 600 film can be used with modification. The 600 film is two stops faster so a neutral density filter has to be used on the lens or the film to compensate. There was a 600 film, with ND filter, being made in the Netherlands but it has just now gone out of production. There are three options for accomodating the faster film. One is replacing a capicitor in the shutter circuit which will let you use faster shutter speeds but that is expensive to have someone do it right. The second is to put a neutral density filter over the lens. (The SX-70 is a SLR with TTL metering.) That dims the viewing. The third is to put a neutral density filter over the 600 film pack. Simple good! There are instructions. I have a ND filter and pack of 600 film on order. I'm excited. It's a sweet camera. Here is a Flickr Polaroid SX-70 photo pool.

update: I forgot to mention that one of the inspirations for asking for this SX-70 was André Kertész:The Polaroids.