Vintage Polaroid Land Camera Time-Zero OneStep SX-70 (without flash)

This is the "Polaroid Time-Zero OneStep (SX-70 Rainbow)" camera, it is a Polaroid Land Camera that was produced by Polaroid in 1981.

This is a classic example of a Polaroid instant camera from the 1980s. The body of the camera is made entirely out of plastic. The camera features a 1 element plastic lens with a fixed aperture (f/14). An exposure compensation control dial is combined with an “electronic eye” (light sensor) located on the front of the camera. The camera would have originally come bundled with the "Polaroid Flash Array"; which was a row of miniature flashbulbs that would have attached to the top of the camera (although other flash devices were also available at the time; such as the "Polaroid Q-light" flash attachment) This camera was meant as a replacement for the original "OneStep", which was produced from 1977 to 1980. The original "Polaroid OneStep SX-70" features a white faceplate, while the later version (the "Time-Zero" shown above) had an all-black chassis; both versions featured the classic Polaroid "Rainbow" stripe on the front of the camera.

The camera would have originally used Polaroid's SX-70 instant film; which is no longer produced by Polaroid. However, the SX-70 film can still be obtained through our shop or Polaroid. The main breakthrough with the SX-70 film pack was that it allowed for a much faster development time, hence the name "Time-Zero". It also reportedly featured richer and brighter colors than previous instant films. An interesting fact about the SX-70 series is that the actual "battery" for the camera is contained within the film pack itself.