Item 2018.10.01.08.04 - Polaroid PopShots Camera

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Polaroid PopShots Camera

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2018.10.01.08.04

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  • [ca. 1998] (Manufacturing)
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    Polaroid Corporation
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    United States

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1 piece of photographic equipment : camera ; approx. 10 x 17 x 6.5 cm

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Item is a Polaroid instant camera with a plastic body, that originally retailed for $19.95 and now usually sells for around $30. It is a disposable camera with an expiry date of February 2000. It is also the first single-use instant camera ever offered and the first Polaroid integral-print camera sold in the USA to not have motorized print ejection. There is a single-element plastic lens with a fixed focus, an electronic shutter, a built-in electronic flash with the option to turn it in or off, a flash/daylight switch, which changes the lens aperture, and photos are exposed manually by a pull-ring on the side of the camera. Serial number is A98P33657.

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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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The Land List -- Spectra / Captiva / Pocket Cameras. Retrieved from http://www.landlist.ch/landlist/landdcam-spec.htm.; Polaroid: Polaroid PopShots. Retrieved from http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Polaroid/Polaroid-PopShots.html.

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