600 film Mod for Sx-70 Polaroid Cameras

[crazygeorgelincoln]

scalples at dawn .cheers



[merryydeath]

Vid was very helpful, but this didn't work for me. Is there some other reason why my sx70 would not make that noise signaling that the film is being recognized? I found it in my father's closet. It hasn't been used in decades, but he says nothing happened to it that it shouldn't be working properly. Any ideas?

[Mijonju]

great!

[Mijonju]

@Mijonju how about expose speed?

[thomstone23]

@Mijonju haha mijonju replying to himself, think that huge camera collection of yours has got to your head.

[Mijonju]

@thomstone23 oops hhahah, clickd wrongly :)

[luvachii]

SO how do you prevent your 600 film from not getting overexposed???

[Azamonful]

This is good although to put 600 film in an sx70 you would also need to add a filter and adjust the exposure. Also you can now buy sx70 from the impossible project anyway.

[Windkind0]

Does anyone know if this works also the other way round? Getting SX-70-Film into a 600-Cam.

[mouseonthemetro]

yeah, you just have to tilt it. ... it was in the video. from 1:46 on.

[artbybradley]

@Windkind0

that would be a waste of film. the photos would be severely underexposed...almost black.

also, using 600 film in an sx-70 requires more than removing the tabs. you also must compensate for the difference in film speed.

sx-70 film is 150 ISO, while 600 is 640 ISO. about a 2 stop difference.

[tomsmith100]

@artbybradley Can you not simply place a filter on the SX 70 and change aperture and the exposure and time?

[artbybradley]

@tomsmith100 the SX70 is fixed aperture (f/8). Only the shutter speed adjusts according to lighting conditions. "Windkind0" was not asking about using 600 film in an SX70. He/She was asking about using SX70 film in a 600 camera (the opposite of your question). doing so would result in severely underexposed photos due to the reason stated above.

[cuteboy311]

What do i do to check if my polaroid is working

[tomsmith100]

@cuteboy311 Put film in it and take a picture......

[architect1803]

Hey Polybun, I have the SX-70 Alpha 1. Do I need to remove the ND filter on that one as well?

Also, what happens if you don't remove the ND filter? I snapped about 3 shots of my last remaining 600 film in the SX-70-Alpha 1 and it shot quite beautifully.

[Polybun]

You really only need to remove the center too. However, the 600 film is 1.5 stops faster than the sx-70 type film. So you want to also remove the ND filter that is infront of the light sensor. OR, put a 2 stop ND filter over the lens.