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Polaroid SLR690 – The most over-hyped Polaroid ever?
Polaroid SLR690 – The most over-hyped Polaroid ever?
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My name is Jake. I have been overhauling Polaroid cameras for clients professionally as The Instant Camera Guy for over a …
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God bless u, people are crazy to pay for these pieces of choncha
Having bought a number, 10 or more, of Pro Land cameras, it seems to me that any camera Polaroid let the japanese do comes out as shit. Seems that if it was not their idea from start to finish, they didn't care. The bellows are shit, but not on a 250, 350, etc. The chrome colored coating is shit, especially on a 180. Bought at least 6 of those, not a one could be used. Problems, not just cosmetic, sadly.
No disrespect intended, but it just blows my mind that anyone would pay good money to have a Polaroid – any model – repaired when the resulting image quality is so inferior to that of any camera with a decent glass lens. The photos are rarely exosed properly, always too light or too dark, and the focus is never “sharp”. The film stock is relatively expensive and nowhere near the quality of the original formula.. I mean other than the instant aspect and the “cool vintage” factor, .. just.. why?
I like my Polaroids for extremely casual “fun at a party” photo taking, but when they stop working, I’ll just look for and buy another at a garage sale for between 50 cents and $10.. if I want another. I’ve always wondered if a quality glass element lens could be incorporated into a plastic Polaroid. Now that might encourage me to try and preserve these things. I really enjoy your channel and fantastic information, so please don’t think I’m complaining. I guess I’m just baffled.
The reason why 690 is sought after is because it surpasses 680 in functionality like faster autofocus and sharper image when it work, and when it don’t it’s very easy to find parts and get them fixed in Asia countries
Nice Video. I was wondering why this is the only SLR that cant use the new PCB
17:15 Those movements with your fingers say a lot, but I have also seen them done by them.
This camera is such an enigma to me… just so baffling! One of my cameras is an SLR 690 in name only it seems; the technician that overhauled it used the body of a 690 but it has the internals of a 680, so in that case it’s a pretty nice camera. Otherwise I wouldn’t wanna go near the thing! Excellent video 🙂
So all this being said, what's the least over-hyped Polaroid?
Just in general I'm wondering if anyone ever trried to reverse engineer the pcb and dumped the firmware for the 690. Would be interesting to see if someone could make a 690 replacement board with a new low power cpu and increased capability.
woohoo!
hmm we have boxes of sx70 scraps and no one producing parts for this camera anymore. let's make the most anti-repairable, least reliable Polaroid camera we've ever made but only sell it to Japan -Someone at Polaroid
Considering these old Polaroid cameras being analog is what makes them pretty good, learning that the 690 is just a digital version of the 680 killed my interest in getting one regardless of price
I still want the 680 though ngl
I don’t know what it is with Sweden, but SLR 680s are so common. You find them more often and cheaper than SX-70s, it’s crazy. I guess everyone knows that they’re unreliable (or at least have mirrors that fall off).
do yuo do repair on request?
Why so much hate with the 680..
God i love the way you tear into this thing – great video
Hah, I wondered where the video went after the first notification I got.
A very interesting piece of history, the SLR 690. Can't wait to see what the inside looks like with that digital microcontroller. Shame that the final SLR from Polaroid was created with such glaring design flaws, and now they're essentially ticking time bombs. With aging transistors that are powered on 24/7 with film inserted, extremely cheap mirror silicon waiting to let go, and the same opto sensor and fragile body issues as the SLR 680, it's a camera that's best avoided for sure.
Even with myself wanting to be collector, I think I'll steer clear of the SLR 690 for the foreseeable future. Unless I find one at a Goodwill or something for cheap. Great video as always Jake, if a bit unhinged… Hahaha