Serial Number: Cam0224
Type:
Polaroid Mini Portrait
Manufacturer:
Polaroid Corporation
Country of Origin:
USA
Production Period:
1970
Approximate Price:
Reference:
Status: Display
Description:
This is vintage Polaroid Mini Portrait is a very unusual instant camera from a US company. The first thing you notice about the camera is the four lenses. Multiple lenses on a camera are quite unusual these days, especially four times the same focal length, except on smartphones.
The reason for the four lenses was the application area of the Polaroid Mini Portrait. The name already gives a clue, the camera was developed for passport photography. In the 70s, when the camera was introduced, taking passport photos was quite complex, in times of digital photography quite difficult to imagine.
Although the camera is designed for professional photographers, the functions are very clear and the camera is easy to use.
The Polaroid Mini Portrait works completely mechanically, no batteries are needed to take pictures. Exposure time and aperture are set by sliders on the side of the camera. There are three values to choose from.
Depending on the selected aperture, the focus range of the lenses changes. The focus cannot be changed. To get sharp pictures, the camera has a built-in tape measure to measure the distance to the subject.
A flash unit or flash unit can be connected via the PC flash socket. A cold-shoe for mounting is located on the upper side.
Before pressing the green shutter release button or a cable release button, the camera shutter must be cocked with a slider on the upper side. Then it releases and exposes the instant film.
As the Polaroid camera is a device for professional users, it was built very solidly. The housing of the camera, which is built in Japan, is not only very large but also completely made of metal and thus weighs a lot. In order to avoid blurred pictures and to bring consistency to the images, there is a thread for a tripod.
Specs
Brand Polaroid
Name Polaroid Mini Portrait
Art Instant camera
Type of Film Typ 100
Focal length 125 mm
Maximum aperture f 8
Focus Fixed
Shutter speeds 1 125 s, 1 60 s, Bulb
Flash Flash connection PC-Flash
