Someone told me that some of the old folding pack cameras have Zeiss lenses. Is this true?
This is a common misconception and is false. While Zeiss never supplied lenses for a Polaroid camera, they did produce the view/rangefinder assembly found on a few models (i.e. the 250, 350, 360, 450 and 180), and this is probably how the confusion came about. [Personally, I tend to feel that getting Zeiss to supply the view/rangefinder for certain high-end models was really as much of a marketing point than anything else, but…] 4. SX-70 Camera Questions 4.1: How do I unfold this thing anyway?? [NOTE: I have been informed that I am holding the camera in the ‘wrong’ hand in the instructions/illustration below. Well, they’re right. I’m left-handed, you see. 🙂 Therefore, those of you in the ‘right’ may wish to reverse the handed-ness of these instructions. …But it doesn’t matter anyway; you’ll still be able to open the camera just fine.] First, hold the folded SX-70 camera in your right hand so that the bulge (which becomes the top panel of the viewfinder) is on the top and pointing
