{"id":31591,"date":"2025-05-31T01:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T05:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=31591"},"modified":"2025-05-30T00:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T04:15:39","slug":"the-minute-man-in-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/the-minute-man-in-video\/","title":{"rendered":"the minute man in video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mr Polaroid – Edwin Land in a matrix of SX-70 prints<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Today’s photographers and snap-shooters know \u00a0any photos they take are displayed ‘instantly’, ready to be edited or sent world-wide as is. It wasn’t always the case. In late 1948, Dr Edwin Land first offered his famous B&W Polaroid 95 camera and system in NYC.<\/p>\n

My friend, Bill Belier, was a sales rep at the time for the company importing Polaroid cameras in Canada. He told me the news was so electrifying and the camera sold well – beyond the modest stock on hand – that he had to limit products to his clients.<\/p>\n

While the digital set today may sneer at the idea of ‘pictures in a minute’, the time interval was revolutionary to film photographers used to anything from hours to days (or longer) before their efforts could be seen.<\/p>\n

My friend and fellow PHSC member, president Clint Hryhorijiw, sent me an email recently saying, “A number of members have approached me, especially at the recent fair, about this PBS program . It would be great to let everyone know about it. ”<\/p>\n

And with his note was a link to “Mr Polaroid<\/a>” on PBS. A few videos on the revolutionary process are offered. Chapter 1 begins with the impact of the SX-70 when first introduced in Miami (fast, portable, SLR, and colour prints). Other Polaroid cameras are also shown (both B&W and colour) – then follows a bio of Edwin Land and a history of his company (Polaroid). Have a look and enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto. Today’s photographers and snap-shooters know \u00a0any photos they take are displayed ‘instantly’, ready to be edited or sent world-wide as is. It wasn’t always the case. In late 1948, Dr Edwin Land first offered his famous B&W Polaroid 95 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1944],"tags":[398,1099,4742,301,692],"class_list":["post-31591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-camera","tag-edwin-land","tag-pbs","tag-polaroid","tag-process"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31591"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31595,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31591\/revisions\/31595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}