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The day a customer's old Polaroid taught me about shutter tension
I'd been using the same adjustment for every 35mm SLR for years, but his SX-70 wouldn't fire right until I finally checked the manual and saw the spec was half what I'd been setting. Anyone else get schooled by a vintage camera they thought they knew?
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grace_fox32mo ago
That "totally different sweet spot" is exactly it. I always thought more tension was better for old cameras. This one Polaroid proved me wrong and now I check every time.
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park.iris2mo ago
Read somewhere that old Polaroids have a totally different sweet spot for that. Makes sense they'd need a lighter touch.
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