This is a more advanced modification that requires disassembling part of the camera and doing some soldering to switch out a capacitor, but the instructions are clear and have good photos of each step.
Check it out at Holgablog
Tag: 600
Hope for Polaroid 8×10 instant films in 2010?
The Impossible Project—the people behind NOS Polaroid film resellers Polapremium and Polaroid photo sharing site Polanoid—bought the equipment necessary to make Polaroid 8×10 instant film, and hopes to start production in 2010.
New successful prototypes of black and white integral film for SX-70 and 600 Polaroid cameras have also been completed. Awesome.
More details in this article at the British Journal of Photography.
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US Polaroid 600 film sale: buy 4, get 1 free + free shipping
The title says it all: for every four packs of Polaroid 600 film you buy, you get one free. To get free shipping, use promo code ERV2YB during checkout.
The offer ends 28 September, 2006, and is only valid if you buy directly from Polaroid.
I bought a crapload when they had the same offer on Spectra film a few months back and my order was correct and arrived quickly.
(This is not an affiliate thing, I got this in Polaroid’s newsletter.)
How to modify a Polaroid SX-70 for 600 film
Adrian Hanft (of Lego pinhole camera fame) wrote a nice, step-by-step tutorial on converting a Polaroid SX-70 camera—whose Time Zero film has been discontinued—to take the still-available 600 film. He writes:
Polaroid 600 film actually fits in an SX-70 camera pretty easily. The problem with using 600 film in the SX-70 is that it is four times more sensitive than SX-70 film. Without modification, all your photos taken with 600 film would be overexposed. To correct this problem, we are going to adjust the camera by two stops. We will use a one stop neutral density filter to cover the lens, and we will remove the neutral density filter that covers the photocell. If you are wondering why we are adjusting by two stops when the film is four times faster, here is a quick math lesson. One stop is equivalent to doubling (or halving depending on which direction you are going) the amount of light. So, 2×2=4. Alright, lets get started.
Read tutorial at Found Photography
Polaroid Spectra and 600 film sale
Polaroid are having a buy 4 packs, get 1 free sale on Spectra and 600 film when you
buy directly from them. Ends 29 June, 2006, so get your crack at a discount while you can!