Petters's star rose quickly, fell faster.

News article about Tom Petters and his Ponzi schemes. It sickens me that Polaroid fell into the hands of this jackass.

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Hi:

I picked up a very nice SX-70 today for a price you don't want to hear about. It appears to be the "original" Model 1. I'm looking forward to running some film through it after I fix this problem: the focus dial is stuck. I can wiggle it a bit and see the small gear that engages the lens barrel wiggle as well so I know that linkage is OK. It seems the lens is jammed.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

National Public Radio story about Polaroid's demise. Includes a great video with Elsa Dorfman and the 20X24 studio camera.

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*sigh*

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Another link to the Polaroid/Zink printer is here:
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And one more here!
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I found this interesting article about an early Poloaroid digital prototype camera at Popular Photography. It's an interesting "what could have been" kind of discussion. Enjoy.

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