Comments on: Polaroid SX-70 refurbs

By: mccrum

mccrum — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:12:00 +0000

Sure, but as Jim Nelson notes, this is really for the terminally unhandy. That said, these have all been fixed and are going to be working as well as they can for 40 year old tech, not to mention come with a warranty.

Finding a working, tested Polaroid on eBay can be a total crapshoot and it can fail on you days after it’s working. But, again, there are always people who are willing to pay more because they just can’t be bothered to pay less.

By: aaronmhill

aaronmhill — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:51:00 +0000

That’s ridiculous. You can get nearly-new SX70s on ebay for a fraction of that on ebay (cursory search shows prices ranging from 40 – 150, depending on whether you want the body or the whole kit). You could very easily just buy 2-8 ebay auctions; surely one of them will work well enough to shoot photos.

By: snowmentality

snowmentality — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:28:00 +0000

I was just talking about this camera with a friend yesterday. I don't think either of us were aware it was a hipster fetish object. His dad used to work for Polaroid, and he just liked the way this camera looked. He informed me that the Harvard Science Center was designed to look like the SX-70. (Wikipedia says this rumor isn't true. Bummer.)

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:12:00 +0000

I wonder if they sell refurbished SX-70 film…

By: Jim Nelson

Jim Nelson — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:31:00 +0000

Wow. And I picked mine up at a hamfest for $5. Along with a Canon 310XL Super8 camera (currently going refurbished for $400+) for $15.

Can’t knock people making a buck off the terminally unhandy, though…

By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus

fuzzyfuzzyfungus — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:12:00 +0000

Be careful.

I hear that buying this gets your email address sold to fixmyfixie.com’s ‘future customer outreach’ team in seconds…

By: Nicky G

Nicky G — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Instant over-the-top hipster cred!