SX 70 manipulation

[George Kaplan]

Hello All,
There was a time when i was able to buy Polaroid's SX70 film and manipulate the pictures i took with my SX70 camera. Those days are long gone since Polaroid stopped making that film.
Question:
Is there anything available that can be manipulated or am I just out of luck?

I still have the SX70 camera i bought in the 1970s and would once again like to use it
Cheers!

 

[Pete Askew]

Hi George and welome to RPF.

Impossible (a team of ex Polaroid employees) now make SX-70 film in the old Polaroid works in the Netherlands and even own the branding now. The chemistry is new, but it should still be possible to manipulate it during development like the old film.

 

[George Kaplan]

Hi George and welome to RPF.

Impossible (a team of ex Polaroid employees) now make SX-70 film in the old Polaroid works in the Netherlands and even own the branding now. The chemistry is new, but it should still be possible to manipulate it during development like the old film.

Do you have a link i can use to purchase?
Thanks

 

[Pete Askew]

https://www.polaroid.com/en_us/film/sx-70-film

Out of stock at the moment, but I’m sure it’ll return soon. They seem to run production campaigns as I assume the plant has limited capacity.

 

[George Kaplan]

I've seen that out of stock for several months

 

[George Kaplan]

https://www.polaroid.com/en_us/film/sx-70-film

Out of stock at the moment, but I’m sure it’ll return soon. They seem to run production campaigns as I assume the plant has limited capacity.

Its been out of stock for several months

 

[Paul Taylor]

With the increase in popularity of those model cameras due to the aftermarket coming up with solutions to modernize/repair them - I can imagine the demand is higher than Polaroid anticipated and will be growing. I know there is a guy in Australia who repairs/modernizes them and he had to hire help as he is overrun with orders. Especially after content creators/photographers like “LinusandhisCamera” on YouTube made videos a little while ago about updating the cameras.

Pretty cool there are people smart enough to not only bring these cameras back to life - but modernize them with Bluetooth controls and extend the film compatibility.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

My local shop in Portland, OR has quite a lot of both Polaroid and Fuji instant film (including SX-70). https://bluemooncamera.com/shop/category/48/Instant-Films/?filters=123,1004

 

[Pete Askew]

There are adapters around that let you use the i-Type film in them as well.