Used on a Spectra camera, or with an SX-70, these quality filters can be used individually or in many combinations to create hundreds of really amazing effects!įour filters and one adapter designed to expand the possibilities of Spectra photography.Ĭlip-on filter holder, foam-lined nylon carrying case with camera bag attachability, and full color instruction book included.Īdditional free photo pamphlet also included.į-106 Filter Holder - Mounts on Spectra cameras to hold these filters in the proper relation to the lens.į-107 Orange Center Spot Filter - Places an orange, circular glow around the center of the photo, to dramatize the subject.į-109 Warming Filter - Absorbs a portion of blue light to create warm skin tones and truer colors.į-110 Polarizing Filter - Reduces unwanted glare from horizontal surfaces.į-111 Double-Image Adapter - Allows TWO separate exposures on a single photo, with a seamless interface between the left and right images (see box cover photo). *NEW* Polaroid Creative Effects Filters Spectra System You may want to contact the merchant to confirm the availability of the product. ![]() *The store has not been updated recently. It's such a shame to see all of it thrown away now so the new company could make what is essentially just a clone of the cheap, point & shoot Instax models.NEW In Box - Polaroid Creative Effects Filters Spectra System - RARE 90's Old Vintage EXCLUSIVE I consider them to be Polaroid's last great milestone before their innovation really began to stagnate and the company eventually declared bankruptcy. It's not surprising since Spectras involved some pretty incredible engineering, both in the camera itself and improvements to the film at the time. These were marketed as a very advanced, premium instant camera line. That $329.00 price tag would have been roughly more than $800 today, adjusted for inflation. SE or "Special Edition" models usually just offered extended warranties or accessory bundles. The Spectra System SE was probably released closer to 1987, but it's essentially the same camera. They also had more setting options/features and offered more accessories than other models of the era. These cameras featured Polaroid's unique, previously developed sonar autofocus system (which detects objects with sound rather than light) combined with a revolutionary free-form lens design (which Polaroid called a "Quintic lens") that allowed for an impressive 10 focus zones in a very small unit and without having to extend or contract the lens itself. The decision to make a wide format film was most likely to fill a hole in the market after they successfully sued Kodak for patent infringement and forced them to discontinue their own instant camera line (Kodak instant film had been a wide frame picture, instead of Polaroid's square frame, with dimensions nearly identical to what Spectra would be). Polaroid introduced the Spectra line in 1986 with the original Spectra System camera. Personally I’ve always loved the spectra cameras and so even now that you won’t feasibly be able to shoot with it as easily as you can with a vintage 600 or SX-70 model, they still look very cool on a shelf. So currently today, the only way to get film for it is to either modify your camera to shoot Instax wide (which I have no experience doing) or buying expired film from places like eBay but this is both expensive and a dice roll on efficacy. They cited a lack of reliability on the hardware of existing cameras and their longevity as reasons for discontinuing it and then made that change permanent by retooling their manufacturing equipment from spectra to Polaroid Go film. ![]() However, Spectra film is currently discontinued. ![]() It was discontinued along with every Polaroid film in 2008 but the Impossible Project did revive it. The spectra system was a series of Polaroid cameras that shot in larger format instant film called “Spectra Film”.
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