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Polaroid Spectra System
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2005.006.14.44
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1986 - ? (Manufacturing)
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- Polaroid Corporation
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1 piece of photographic equipment : cameras ; 7.5 x 15 x 17.3 cm
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Custodial history
Donated to Ryerson by Wilhelm E. Nassau.
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Polaroid introduced the Spectra at Jordan Marsh in Boston, 1986. It features a different format than the SX-70 or 600 camera: being a bit wider, the cinematic format is able to capture brighter exposures. Many variations of the Spectra followed this first release. The original model includes a 'Quintic' 125mm f/10 3-element plastic lens, self-timer, automatic exposure, sonar autofocus, AF, flash and lighten/darken controls, LCD display, and volume controls; later models had more or fewer controls.
The release of the Spectra camera was accompanied by the release of a correspondingly new Spectra film, called "Image" outside of North America, and sometimes called 1200 film. Spectra film is identical to 600 film - ISO speed, development method and operation remain identical - except if has a different image format: a rectangular 9.2 x 7.3cm rather than 600 film's square format.
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From the Wilhelm Nassau camera donation, accession number 2015.004, moved to the Heritage Camera Collection in 2015.
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