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- Description
- The camera is large and grey. It has a grey strap on the side. The lens is on the front. There are instructions titled "HOW TO MAKE PICTURES WITH THE POLAROID 66 LAND CAMERA" on the back in white letters.
- Title
- Polaroid J66 Land
- Brand Name
- Polaroid
- Manufacturer
- Polaroid
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNICATION
- Sub-Category
- PHOTOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Start Date
- 1961
- End Date
- 1963
- Description
- The camera is large and grey. It has a grey strap on the side. The lens is on the front. There are instructions titled "HOW TO MAKE PICTURES WITH THE POLAROID 66 LAND CAMERA" on the back in white letters.
- History Of Use
- Produced from 1961 to 1963, the J66 was made in large quantities, as it was less expensive than other Polaroid cameras, which used the old instant roll films. That’s not to say it was a low-priced camera – its 1961 $89.50 price tag was equivalent to about $690 in 2013 dollars.
The J66 took only Type 47 Polaroid black-and-white roll film, which, along with the other 40-series films, was discontinued by the early 1990s.
It packed an f/19 plastic meniscus lens mated to a pneumatic rotary shutter that operated from 1/15 to 1/1000 sec. It used a selenium cell to set exposure; there was no manual exposure control.
- Accession No.
- 2013.24.130 a
- Model Name or No.
- J66
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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