SX-70

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A short film by the Eames Office about the Polaroid SX-70, the folding instant camera, made by Charles and Ray Eames. It combines a technical explanation of the camera with a promotional tone.

HN people share it as a favorite Eames film that explains how the SX-70 works and may have shaped the later Apple style of product launch.

“has a technical summary, as well as probably being the inspiration for Steve Jobs’ magical-revolutionarist mode of marketing.”

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@riffic2022 · in “A Design Battle Between Chip Engineers Led to Polaroid’s SX-70 Camera (1989)”
I love sharing this Eames promo film for the SX-70: ▶ this video
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@phatboyslim2014 · in “Polaroid SX-70 by Charles & Ray Eames”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@leoc2023 · in “The Polaroid SX70's unusual shutter (2018)”
The Eames’ Polaroid SX-70 film ▶ this video has a technical summary, as well as probably being the inspiration for Steve Jobs’ magical-revolutionarist mode of marketing.