Polaroid Land Camera 360 Electronic Flash

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image by Steve Harwood (Image rights)

With close-up attachment set image by Matt Phillips (Image rights)

The Land Camera 360 Electronic Flash is a member of the Polaroid 100-400 series, one of the few not including the word "Automatic" in its full model name. All the models in this series share a common set of features:

• Folding bellows
• Automatic exposure, with an external 'Electric Eye' lightmeter beside the lens
• Designed for Polaroid 100-series Packfilm (3¼×4¼-inch peel-apart instant film)

The 360 differs from the more basic models in the series by including the desirable single-window rangefinder-viewfinder supplied by Zeiss Ikon. But its headline feature is the dedicated electronic flash, which attaches using a proprietary shoe. This flash is coupled to the rangefinder, and small fins within the flash head reduce the light output as the camera is focused closer, giving correct exposure automatically. The flash uses Ni-Cad rechargeable batteries (which after 40 years, are unfortunately often dead.)

The camera includes an electronic development timer.

Links

• Polaroid Land Camera 360 Electronic Flash at the Land List

Polaroid 360 with its dedicated flash image by Matt Phillips (Image rights)