Polaroid Land camera Colopack 82
Polaroid
Category
Technological items
Date
1971 - 1975
Materials
Plastic, Metal, Aluminium
Measurements
130 x 151 x 145 mm
Place of origin
United Kingdom
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525772
Summary
Polaroid Land camera Colorpack 82, a rigid plastic bodied instant camera. The top of the camera has the viewfinder in the centre, at the front right is the lockable shutter release in the centre a slide control to change from 3000 for Black and White to 75 for colour and to the right is printed in white Flash 4-10 ft only remove cube when not using flash. The right side of the camera is the clip which opens the film compartment. Inside is marked "Keep rollers clean, to remove lift here wipe clean and replace" and "Good batteries necesasary for all pictures change batteries at least yearly". The camera takes 2 AA batteries. Forward on the barrel of the camera is a dial to set timed shutter release allowing for delayed release from 5 seconds to 1120 seconds. The left side of the camera has the socket into which magicube style flash cubes can be used. The front of the camera has the lens central with the focus ring around marked from 3.5 feet to 50+. To the right of the lens is printed "Colorpack 82" and "Polaroid Land Camera". to the left of the lens is a dial to adjust the exposure. On the back of the camera is a slot containing two aluminium plates one of which is printed with instructions for using the camera and the other is printed with instructions for using the cold clip 204. Solid plastic wrist strap.
Makers and roles
Polaroid , manufacturer