General Information

Serial #

DS10198

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 CAMERA BODY METAL & SYNTHETIC; LEATHER? BELLOWS & CARRYING STRAP; SYNTHETIC CAMERA COVER; GLASS LENS/.2 FLASH: SYNTHETIC & METAL/.3 METAL & LEATHER CARRYING CASE WITH METAL TRIM & FELT LINING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

23.0 cm

Width

14.0 cm

Height

16.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Polaroid

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Cambridge

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

CAMERA WHICH INTERNALLY PROCESSES PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN TO PRODUCE A FINISHED PRINT.

Technical

THE POLAROID COLOUR PACK LAND CAMERA WAS A CONSIDERABLE DEPARTURE FROM PREVIOUS MODELS IN SIZE, WEIGHT, & CAPABILITIES, AND UTILIZED POLAROID`S NEW FILM PACK. HOWEVER THE MAJOR INNOVATION OF THE SYSTEM WAS A NEW ELECTRONIC SHUTTER, WHICH OPERATES AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM BETWEEN 10 SECONDS & 1/1200 SECONDS AND WITH UP TO FOUR DIFFERENT FILM SPEEDS. THE 490 FOCUSED FLASH UNIT IS USED WITH 400 SERIES CAMERAS. WHEN IT IS PLUGGED INTO THE CAMERA, THE CAMERA SHUTTER IS AUTOMATICALLY SET AT A CONSTANT SPEED. LINKED TO THE CAMERA FOCUSING MECHANISM, THE FLASH USES A SERIES OF VARIABLE LOUVERS IN THE FACE OF THE UNIT TO CONTROL LIGHT OUTPUT FROM HI-POWER FLASH CUBES FOR "ON THE BUTTON" FLASH EXPOSURES (LAHUE, K.C., PP. 24-29). THIS POLAROID AUTOMATIC LAND CAMERA 450 CAN BE USED AT FOUR FILM SPEEDS (75, 150 & 3000) AND COMES WITH A FOCUSED FLASH MODEL 490 UNIT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 WHITE LETTERING READING 'Automatic Land Camera', BLUE LETTERING READING '455' & INCISED BLACK 'Polaroid' ON CAMERA FRONT/ SILVER & BLUE 'Polaroid/455' ON CAMERA COVER/.2 SILVER LETTERING READING 'Polaroid/ Focused Flash'/ RAISED LETTERING READING 'Polaroid/ model 490/ Made in USA'/ RED AIR CANADA DECAL/.3 BLACK PRINTED OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR POLAROID COLD-CLIP #193/ 'Polaroid' IN GREY LETTERING ON CASE/ YELLOW INCISED SERIAL NUMBER ON CAMERA BODY

Missing

N/A

Finish

BLACK SYNTHETIC/ BLACK BELLOWS & STRAP/ METAL PAINTED METALLIC GREY OR PALTED/ RED SHUTTER RELEASE/ BLACK CASE WITH GREY LINING

Decoration

N/A