15 October, 2024
Can a Polaroid pack camera shoot 4×5?
The short answer: sort of… A Polaroid pack camera comes with a 114mm lens and basically covers a 3×4″ image. I was curious as to whether it could shoot 4×5...
Jim Skelton's Posts
13 August, 2024
Shooting Sheet film in a Polaroid Pack Camera
My stash of Polaroid pack film was running low when I realized that all of my Polaroid pack cameras would be film orphans soon unless someone started producing pack film again. ...
Polaroid pack film cameras are very cool. Sitting somewhere between medium and large format (3″x4″), these cameras took instant peel-apart pictures that looked and f...
11 July, 2024
Polaroid Swinger – Modification for use with 120 Film
I’ve always thought of the Polaroid Swinger as a toy camera. Polaroid made and sold millions of them back in the 60’s, thanks to an effective marketing campaign whic...
I’ve often observed from afar large format photographers esoterically divining their cameras and producing photos that my 35mm camera could only dream about. But I was lar...