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Polaroid Pronto! RF Camera
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2018.10.01.05.43
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[ca. 1977] (Manufacturing)
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- Polaroid Corporation
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- United States
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1 piece of photographic equipment : camera ; approx 9.5 x 10.5 x 14 cm
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Item is a Polaroid instant camera with a plastic body and neck strap, that originally retailed for $88. It is similar to the Pronto!, with the addition of a single-window superimposed-image rangefinder. Comes with a manual. It is also the domestic version of the Polaroid 3000 Camera. There is a 3 element plastic Polatriplet lens that has been coated and color corrected, a fixed aperture setting (116 mm, f9.4), adjustable focusing distance (3 ft to 30+ ft.), shutter speeds of 1/150 to 1 sec and an exposure compensation dial around the electric eye. Serial number is BNB707AB.
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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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NON-FOLDABLE SX-70 POLAROID CAMERA TYPES FOR SALE. Retrieved from http://www.polamad.com/polaroidshop-SX70box.html.; THE POLAROID 3000 / PRONTO! RF. Retrieved from https://all-my-cameras.com/2013/08/09/the-polaroid-3000-pronto-rf_en/.; SX-70 Cameras. Retrieved from http://www.landlist.ch/landlist/landdcam-sx70.htm.