
You'll have to excuse my recent flurry of posts and tweets having to do with little else besides Polaroid. Since I've gotten my hands on a few cameras I've begun to really nerd-out on the different cameras and films available.
I realize many folks don't see the point of paying for film (let alone instant film) when we all have access to digital photography. Polaroid photography is fun and that's how I justify it. It's not economical and it won't get me any new work, but it's fun. As I've mentioned in previous posts, you can make just about any pic look like a Polaroid using digital editing, but getting that effect to happen before your eyes is pretty satisfying...especially when you acheive a certain look without digital editing.
Polaroid cameras are fairly cheap and fairly easy to find. Finding one that actually works has been an issue for me however. I brought home 4 Polaroid cameras recently from my FL trip and unfortunately all but one are not in working order. The one that does work is the Polaroid Reporter which uses Fujifilm pack camera film (the kind you peel apart). The others, a 600, a OneStep and a Pronto, all have problems that pretty much render them unusable.
I did, however, finally get my hands on an SX-70, the first Polaroid instant camera that ejects a photo that develops while you watch. That's been my toy of choice recently.
So again, apologies for going on and on and on about Polaroid. It'll pass...maybe.

...and then I got a Spectra...
