Re: Vintage Polaroid SX-70

nothing to say here....just wasting time.
"Pe Bakk" <pe.bakk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Greg Goss wrote:
>> "Try It" <nikonguy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> These cameras are $1 garage sale items. Some people will pay more for 
>>> the case than for the camera.  Polaroid stopped producing instant film

>>> about 4 months ago and it's only available while supplies last (6 to 9

>>> months).
>>
>> You can never tell what will catch the fancy of collectors.  But four
>> months after production stopped is a bit too close to "normal" for
>> collectors to care.  The leather and chrome one with the Fresnel SLR
>> would probably be more valuable than any of the all-plastic ones.  We
>> can probably assume he has that version.  The plastic ones will likely
>> never have collectible value.
>>
>> (I'm not a customer.  I talk because I find stuff interesting, even on
>> a forsale group.  If that doesn't work for you, killfile me.)
>
>
> You're correct, I do have the leather and chrome SLR version of the
SX-70. 
> I didn't mention it in the post as the photos on the website clearly
show 
> that.  Obviously, though, it probably would have been a good idea to add

> that info.  Thanks for the heads up. :)
>
> As for your desire to talk about interesting stuff, I definitely 
> appreciate that.  Your original post just seemed to come across to me as

> challenging my claim that the battery was working. I'm completely
willing 
> to take the blame for that assumption.  Hopefully my response to your
post 
> helped provide possibilities for why the battery works fine. :)
>
> -- 
> pe bakk