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[ box type ]

	500 CVK002DU made in U.K. made on October 2, 1980 fixed focus black body + beige face
	1000 (Green Button) CVM705BE made in U.K. made on December 5, 1977 CVE802AA made in U.K. made on May 2, 1978 CNE802AA made in U.S.A. made on May 2, 1978 fixed focus black body + white face + rainbow-stripe
	1000 (Orange Button) CVF911DA made in U.K. made on June 11, 1979 CVE903EA made in U.K. made on May 3, 1979 fixed focus black body + white face + rainbow-stripe
	Instant1000DeLuxe CVM012DH made in U.K. made on December 12, 1980 CVM010DH made in U.K. made on December 10, 1980 fixed focus black body + black face + rainbow-stripe
	1500 (1) AVE812AG made in U.K. made on May 12, 1978 manual focus (focus scale) black body + beige face
	1500 (2) ANM629AA made in U.S.A. made on Dec 29, 1976 manual focus (focus scale) brown body + beige face
	2000 ANE619AA made in U.S.A. made on May 19, 1976 ANF621AA made in U.S.A. made on June 21, 1976 manual focus (focus scale) black body + black face
	3000 BNM630AA made in U.S.A. made on December 30, 1976 manual focus (rangefinder) black body + black face
	3500 (Supercolor AutoFocus 3500) DNA107AM made in U.S.A. made on January 7, 1981 DNA107AM made in U.S.A. made on January 7, 1981 autofocus (sonar AF system) or manual focus (focus scale) black body + white face
	4000 (PolaSonic AutoFocus 4000) DNM906AJ made in U.S.A. made on December 6, 1979 DNM912AJ made in U.S.A. made on December 12, 1979 autofocus (sonar AF system) or manual focus (focus scale) beige body + brown face
	5000 (PolaSonic AutoFocus 5000) DNM926AJ made in U.S.A. made on December 26, 1979 DNE007AF made in U.S.A. made on May 7, 1980 autofocus (sonar AF system) or manual focus (focus scale) black body + black face
	5000 (SONAR AutoFocus 5000) DNA910BA made in U.S.A. made on January 10, 1979 DNJ830AA made in U.S.A. made on September 30, 1978 autofocus (sonar AF system) or manual focus (focus scale) black body + black face
	2351 (Polatronic 1) + 1000 made in Japan electronic flash black body + white face + rainbow-stripe
	2351 + Instant1000DeLuxe made in Japan electronic flash black body + black face + rainbow-stripe
	2351(1)
	2351(2)
	2351(3)
	2390 (Polatronic 5) + 5000 made in Japan electronic flash black body
	8400 (Polatronic Flash unit) + 8401 (Mounting bracket) made in Japan electronic flash designed for Model 2000,Model 3000 and Pront! series Land cameras Flash range 0.9 to 3.0 m Flash duration approx. 1/1000 sec.

Meaning of 8 figures (box type)

stamped

  When you open the film-insert of SX-70 box type camera,
  you can find 8 figures are stamped.
  These numbers are too short as seral number.
  I suppose the meaning of 8 figures is as follows;

  stamped;"CVF911DA"

from left to right

1st: camera type
A = manual focus
    (has focus ring)
B = manual focus
    (has focus ring
    /range finder)
C = fixed focus
D = auto focus
    (sonar AF system)

2nd: factory/country
N = made in U.S.A.
   New Bedford?
   Newton?
   Norwood?
V = made in U.K.
   Vale of Leven Plant ?

3rd: production month
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC

4th: production year
0 = 1980
1 = 1981
6 = 1976
7 = 1977
8 = 1978
9 = 1979

5th, 6th: production day
01 - 31

7th: ???
8th: ???

ex.
CVE802AA = fixed focus type, made in U.K. made on May 2, 1978
DNA910BA = auto focus type, made in U.S.A. made on Janualy 10, 1979

[ folding type ]

	SX-70 LAND CAMERA D415078885 made in U.S.A. made on April 29, 1974 during the A shift E403722008 made in U.S.A. made on May 3, 1974 during the B shift manual focus (split-image rangefinder) chrome plated body + brown leather
	SX-70 LAND CAMERA MODEL 2 J424287267 made in U.S.A. made on September 23, 1974 during the A shift manual focus (split-image rangefinder / focus scale (ft)) white body + dark brown leather (imitation)
	SX-70 LAND CAMERA SONAR AutoFocus 5A944083243 made in U.S.A. made on January 15, 1979 during the A shift autofocus (sonar AF system) or manual focus (mat screen / focus scale (m)) chrome plated body + black leather
	SX-70 LAND CAMERA PolaSonic AutoFocus MODEL 2 5H943508022 made in U.S.A. made on August 8, 1979 during the A shift autofocus (sonar AF system) or manual focus (mat screen / focus scale (m)) black body + black leather (imitation) replaced with real-leather
	#132 Self Timer for the Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera mechanical (spring) self timer
	with SX-70 SONAR
	#111 Tripod Mount for the Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera
	2350 (Polatronic Flash unit) + 2352 (Mounting bracket) for the Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera electronic flash

production dates of folding SX-70 are calculated from Serial No. with "SX-70 Serial Number Calculator"; "The Land List"

[ other polaroids ]

Peel-Apart (3 1/4 x 4 1/4) film

	LAND CAMERA 350 BG440806 made in U.S.A. range & view finder ZEISS IKON made in West Germany manual focus
	#268 Flashgun for 300 series
	M3 Flash Bulb SYLVANIA made in U.S.A. Clear Type
	ProPack Camera + Pro Flash made in U.S.A made in Japan manual focus (focus scale) *from trash can
	FlashCube SYLVANIA

600 film

Impulse AF
C971VFQ5NB made in U.S.A.

autofocus (sonar AF system)

built-in flash

Lens: 109mm F10
Shutter Speed: 1/3-1/200 sec.
Focus Range: 0.6 m-infinity
Size (closed): 130 x 95 x 176 mm
Size (opened): 130 x 125 x 176 mm
Weight: 616 g

Spectra/Image film

ProCam
J3B30496NDBC made in U.S.A.

autofocus (sonar AF system)

built-in flash

Lens: 100 mm F10
Shutter Speed: 2.8-1/245 sec.
Focus Range: 0.46 m-infinity
with Close-up Lens: 0.25-0.36 m
Size (closed): 162 x 72 x 165 mm
Size (opened): 162 x 118 x 165 mm
Weight: 1000 g

[ documents ]

*click pics to enlarge (another window)

#132 self timer instruction

#116 case

instruction

leaflet

the world of SX-70

warranty & caution (SX-70 land film)

"Polaroid" and the other names of products of Polaroid Corporation, are trademarks of Polaroid Corporation.

19 OCT 2002
10 JAN 2005

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