Comments | unclear: Modification for 600 film on all rigid / non folding SX70's

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Modification for 600 film on all rigid / non folding SX70's

Aug 18, 2015 19:55

PLEASE, BEFORE ATTEMPTING MOD, TEST CAMERA TO SEE IF IT WORKS.

I posted this for all who love polaroid, to personally use and enjoy. don't be a pig and capitalize on my mod
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here is my process for modifying "rigid body / non folding" SX70's to use 600 integral film packs. no filters required and it is not necessary to remove the photocell lens and ( Read more... )

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to make the film fit anonymous July 5 2008, 05:38:21 UTC

you mentioned there was a way to bend the springs .. or something... so that 600 film will slide right in. Can you give a more detailed explanation of that? I would like to not have to bother with sanding off the tabs on the film cartridge everytime.
thanks for your help! excellent tutorial.
my sx-70 is on its way from ebay now, I cant wait to try it out.
save polaroid!

Re: to make the film fit unclear July 5 2008, 14:34:15 UTC

there is a tool that mechanics use, its to compress C shaped spring clips. like a pair of pliers with two little tips on the end. look into the film bay and you will see the spring mount, with two holes at the base, if you can squeeze them together, the spring slides out.

an easier method is to get a pair of needle nosed pliers and reach in and just crush/compress the tab on the end of the spring. it is bent slightly forward and will fold right down. good luck, joe

Re: to make the film fit anonymous July 10 2008, 20:46:52 UTC

wow! it worked perfect! I removed the springs like you said, too. Thanks for the great modification.

Re: to make the film fit unclear July 10 2008, 21:04:37 UTC

great, once removed it is easier to crimp the ends or just bend them the opposite way and they snap off. sand to remove rough edges and do put them back in as they add additional support under the cartridge to prevent any possible light leaks. good luck, joe

the gear anonymous July 16 2008, 11:11:12 UTC

Hi,
I don't understand very well English,
so I wanted to know : do the teeth
have to be turned down?
If I turn it down, I can see
something like 4 teeth left.
Is this OK?
Thank you.

Gaëlle

Re: the gear unclear July 16 2008, 15:02:18 UTC

hi. wrong way. gear goes up. you will see all teeth. good luck. joe

anonymous July 17 2008, 12:47:39 UTC

hey really thanks for the unbelievably detailed description!
I've already used it on several Supercolors and they all work pretty neat. I recently acquired a Polaroid 1500 model, similar looking to the 1000 (or Supercolor), beige colour, green button and focusing with focus scale on lens ring. I've been trying to open it up to perform the same operation, but the damn thing persists on denying. I suspect it might be because of the focus ring on the lens, it might clap on to more points than the 1000. I desperately want to bring her back to life... any recommendations ?

thanx !

unclear July 17 2008, 17:00:49 UTC

the focus rings have little access holes to release the clips. stick in a paper clip or pointy object to release. good luck. joe

pronto!b coffee_cupss July 25 2008, 10:28:19 UTC

i just got a pronto!b yesterday and i had seen this before, but you mention that there are some differences between this modification and what you would have to do for the pronto!b model. could you just briefly explain what some of those differences are? i'm just curious, thank you :]

Re: pronto!b unclear July 31 2008, 00:11:01 UTC

sorry for the delay. the pronto b is a little more complicated as the camera carriage must be removed from the case. its not too difficult, its just a matter of systematical disection and replacement in the exact order in which it came apart. mainly the film door latch. it will only come out of its channel at a determined point of extraction of the carriage and will only install at that same point of assembly. a few extra steps for this model, but again, for some reason, the results are not dramatic as in the onesteps. i really don't think its worth it. joe

Re: pronto!b coffee_cupss July 31 2008, 00:42:48 UTC

thanks for the heads up. i'll have to keep my eye out for a more modable camera haha.

can you make adjustments if film is loaded? ext_114135 July 30 2008, 23:25:15 UTC

ok, so of course i found this tutorial after i figured out to load my one step camera. can i make the adjustment with film in there or will it ruin my film?

Re: can you make adjustments if film is loaded? unclear July 31 2008, 00:04:26 UTC

theoretically, yes. you may run the risk of loseing one shot, maybe not. never did it with film in it, but can't see why it wouldn't work.

i always pull the film for anywork on the camera or just to switch film from camera to camera.

pulling the film is easy if you still have the darkslide that gets ejected first. if you don't have that, you will sacrifice one print.

let me know if your interested in removing film. joe

Re: can you make adjustments if film is loaded? ext_114135 August 14 2008, 01:22:43 UTC

hi i for one would really like to know how to remove the film! i still do have the darkslide. waiting for your reply joe

Re: can you make adjustments if film is loaded? unclear August 14 2008, 17:01:13 UTC

hi. its easy. lets set a guideline for orientation purposes. the darkslide has a tab in the corner. position the card, so when looking down, the tab is at the bottm right corner, or pointing in, towards your right arm. this will coincide with the film pack once removed, when the film side is up and the film ejection slot is pointing away from you. (the tab covers the slot where the pick grabs the film for ejection ( ... )