Item 2018.10.01.02.11 - Polaroid 80A (Highlander) Camera

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Polaroid 80A (Highlander) Camera

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2018.10.01.02.11

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  • 1957-1959 (Manufacturing)
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    Polaroid Corporation
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    United States

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1 piece of photographic equipment : camera ; 11.5 x 18.5 x 5 cm

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Item is a Polaroid Instant camera with a leather carrying strap and usually retails for around $20. The Polaroid 80-series cameras were nicknamed “the Highlander” due to the model’s packaging, which contained a plaid pattern resembling the Scottish Kilts traditional Scottish Highlanders would wear. This camera is made of metal and plastic camera, with a glass lens, and three shutter modes 1/25, 1/100 and bulb. IT has 3 exposures mode that use the EV scale system and a viewfinder at the top of the camer,a with a metal cover that extends to exposure the lens in an accordion style. Similar to other accordion cameras, it has a metal stand that extends down when the bellows have been moved out for vertical balance. It also has a hot shoe flash. Serial number is LC379998.

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Good condition

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The collection was donated to the Ryerson University Library and Archives by Ken Van Velzer in 2018.

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Reinventing the Roll: 120 Film in a Polaroid Highlander. Retrieved from http://www.mikeeckman.com/2018/01/reinventing-the-roll-120-film-in-a-polaroid-highlander/.; Vintage Tuesday: Polaroid Land Model 80A. Retrieved from http://blog.citizenerasedphotography.com/2014/09/30/vintage-tuesday-polaroid-land-model-80a/.; Polaroid: Polaroid 80A (Highlander). Retrieved from http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Polaroid/Polaroid-80A-(Highlander).html.

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