I purchased a Polaroid SX-70 from eBay and some PX 100 film from The Impossible Project. Unfortunately the exposure meter on the camera is malfunctioning. First it was giving inaccurate timings and now it’s stuck to a single shutter speed. Luckily it wasn’t too expensive so taking it to a repair shop will bring it to about the same price as other SX’s were on eBay.

What’s annoying is that a lot of film was wasted. PX 100 costs 18 € per film (8 photos) so these kinds of technical problems are understandably unwelcome. A year ago you could find Polaroid 600 film from eBay for as little as 10 € per pack, but now the prices have risen to well over 20 €. A sad state of affairs.

The PX 100 is a black and white film and has really nice sepia tones, and if you keep it warm while it develops the tones drift towards red. It gives everything a nice Fallout 3 like post-apocalyptic quality.

Speaking of Polaroid, Lady Gaga was appointed the creative director for a special line of Polaroid products and, more interestingly, Polaroid is planning to release a new film camera thanks to the availability of new 600 film.