Re: Polaroid 500

On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Mike Vande Bunt wrote:

> Polaroid 500 film was previously known as "Captiva" film.
> (I suspext that the name change came about because the
> Captiva camera is no longer being made.) The Joycam uses
> an internal mirror so that the lens is at a right angle to the
> film plane. As a result, I think that it would probably be best
> to cut off most of the "upper" part of the camera (lens, shuter,
> mirror, flash) leaving just the film pack holder and the film
> ejection / development mechanism. Then just glue a small
> box with a pinhole in front of the film plane. And yes, the
> 500 in the film name is the ISO speed.
>
> For those that have not seen the Polaroid Joycam, it is an
> integral film camera with a manual (rather than motorized)
> film ejection mechanism.
>
        
        And this is a fine description of what did to make mine.
        The camera is in two sections , top and bottom, with the film
handling mechanism in the bottom half. Making it relitivly easy to
convert.The only hassle i had was in trying to preserve the film counter,
i failed. This of course leads me to ocasonal exposiourses without benefit
of film..:).
        The film is in fact ISO 640. It responds "reasonably well" to long
exposior under daylight, not well at all under tungsten, and surprisingly
well under sodium vapor. I don't have any tables for you, i have never
worked them out.
        The only other thing to mention is that since this is an "SX70"
type film. It is intended to be exposed "behind" a mirror, if you take out
the mirror your images will be flopped, not much of a problem in the age
of scanners.
jeff
Received on Fri Jan 5 17:03:17 2001