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Alongside the 'prosumer' range of folding SLRs, Polaroid released a large number of plastic bodied, non-folding consumer cameras that used the SX-70 integral film. There were several lines that varied in the type and amount of features they offered, but fall into three distinct categories differentiated by the method of focusing:
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The [[Polaroid]] '''Land Camera 3000''' is a plastic-bodied consumer camera for SX-70 integral film. It was made in 1977. It is much like a large number of functionally similar models such as the [[Polaroid 2000 | '''Land Camera 2000''']] or [[Polaroid Pronto! |'''Pronto! ''']], except that it has a coupled [[rangefinder (device)|rangefinder]]—unusually, one where the doubled images are offset vertically rather than horizontally.  It was known in the US as '''Pronto! RF'''
  
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* Fixed focus - Generally known (in the US) as ''OneStep'' models
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The other features of the camera are common to most of those in the range:
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* Zone-focused - Generally known (in the US) as ''Pronto!'' models
 
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* Sonar Autofocus - Labelled as both ''Pronto!'' and ''OneStep'' models, but usually with an ''AF'' or ''Sonar'' monicker
 
  
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All these models use the SX-70 integral film, meaning the camera is powered by a battery built into the film pack. Many of these models were able to use certain accessories designed for the [[Polaroid SX-70|folding SLR line]] of SX-70 cameras, such as flashbars, electronic flashes and tripod mounts.
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* Three-element, coated plastic Polatriplet 116 mm f/9.4 lens with fixed aperture.
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The 3000 was produced in 1977, and is a foreign markets version of the [[Polaroid Pronto! RF| Pronto! RF]] - one in a vast line of the zone-focused, compact cameras known in the US as ''Pronto!'' models. A variety of different colours and models of ''Pronto!''were produced, and most were functionally identical.
 
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The 3000 and RF models differ to all other ''Pronto!'' models in that they feature a rangefinder mechanism, allowing fine focus. The camera is focused in the same way as other ''Pronto!'' models, but features a small circular rangefinding window super-imposed in the viewfinder (similar in operation the that found on the [[Polaroid Land Model 100|Model 100]] folding packfilm camera.
 
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Features common to the series of ''Pronto!'' non-folding, manual-focus SX70-series integral film cameras are:
 
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* 3 element plastic lens with fixed aperture (116mm, f9.4)
 
 
* 3 ft minimum focus distance.
 
* 3 ft minimum focus distance.
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* Zone focusing by turning distance-marked lens ring.  
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* Front-element focusing.  
 
* Exposure compensation dial around electric eye.
 
* Exposure compensation dial around electric eye.
  
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==Links==
 
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[http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/landdcam-sx70.htm#S3000 The Land List's article on the Model 3000]
 
  
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==Links==
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*[https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1878723/Polaroid-3000.html Polaroid Land Camera 3000 user manual] at [https://www.manualslib.com/ Manualslib]
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*[http://www.landlist.ch/landlist/landdcam-sx70.htm#S3000 The Land List's article on the Model 3000]
  
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[[Category: Polaroid|3000]]
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[[Category: L|Land]]
 
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[[Category: 3|3000]]
 

Latest revision as of 16:59, 18 March 2023

2067626135_ac5dcfad9a.jpg
Land Camera 3000
image by Tim Williams (Image rights)

The Polaroid Land Camera 3000 is a plastic-bodied consumer camera for SX-70 integral film. It was made in 1977. It is much like a large number of functionally similar models such as the Land Camera 2000 or Pronto! , except that it has a coupled rangefinder—unusually, one where the doubled images are offset vertically rather than horizontally. It was known in the US as Pronto! RF

The other features of the camera are common to most of those in the range:

  • Three-element, coated plastic Polatriplet 116 mm f/9.4 lens with fixed aperture.
  • 3 ft minimum focus distance.
  • Front-element focusing.
  • Exposure compensation dial around electric eye.


8201739274_a6714b66a3_m.jpg
Polaroid Pronto!RF with Kodak Series VI filter
image by Patrick J. Clarke (Image rights)

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