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Camera
- Description
- The camera is black, with a lens and flash on the front. It has internal bellows to allow it to extend. Polaroid and SLR 680 are on the front in stylized text.
- Title
- Polaroid SLR 680
- Brand Name
- Polaroid
- Manufacturer
- Polaroid
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNICATION
- Sub-Category
- PHOTOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Start Date
- 1980
- End Date
- 1989
- Description
- The camera is black, with a lens and flash on the front. It has internal bellows to allow it to extend. Polaroid and SLR 680 are on the front in stylized text.
- History Of Use
- The SLR 680 camera was a single-lens reflex, professional folding SLR instant camera with sonar auto-focus and a built-in electronic flash which automatically tilted depending on the focus distance. It utilized the same sonar autofocus technology as the 100-speed SX-70 Time Zero Autofocus models, but also features a built-in electronic flash. The SLR 680 also sported a 4-element 116 mm f/8 glass lens with a minimum focal length of 10.4 inches. It had an aperture range from f/8-f/22.
Manual focus was possible, thanks to an override switch, which was located above the focusing wheel. The camera featured a socket for a remote shutter release, and also had a tripod socket and lugs for a neck strap. The original retail price was $265.
- Accession No.
- 2013.24.133
- Model Name or No.
- SLR 680
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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