Speaking of playing on youtube, I've found some spectacularly interesting footage (to me, at least) of 1. Charles and Ray Eames explaining the SX-70 camera and 2. a retro advertisement for the SX-70, produced by the pair.
Boy, they must've loved that SX-70! Speaking of, I sort of want one. How does one wrangle the film issue? Anyone? Dalton?
In any case, the videos...
2. (higher-brow)
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I've wondered about the film issue myself with the sx-70. I've got one that was gifted by a friend, and have yet to use it actually.
Amazing video! LOVE! Now that we have seen the electronics in detail we can all fix our old broken SX-7o's right? Gold Star researcher for fun stuff Rachel! Now that is lifestyle!
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There are a number of different ways to use 600 film in an SX-70. The quickest and easiest is a 2-stop ND filter over the lens (it's not perfect as Time-Zero was ISO 125 and Type 600 is ISO 640, but that's why there's a lighten-darken control on the camera). The next easiest is to tape a sheet of 2-stop ND to the film pack. Third is to modify the light sensor on the front of the camera (there are instructions on Polaroid's site). Fourth (and best but most expensive) is to have the camera electronically modified to properly expose Type 600 film.
The other (minor) issue is slipping the Type 600 pack into an SX-70. The Type 600 packs have nubs on the bottom to prevent them from fitting in an SX-70. Slip a piece of cardboard under the pack as it's inserted into the camera and voila! it slides right over the little spring that's supposed to block it.
It's also possible to buy outdated Time-Zero film on eBay for outlandish prices but, well, the prices are outlandish.