NEW ADDITIONS...

 With the i2 now with a new owner, I replaced it with the Polaroid Flip.  In the world of Polaroid, this camera stands in the mid pack of offerings.   

It revives the old Sonar autofocus system that came out in the mid-1970's and was way ahead of anyone. In fact, this is still the ONLY autofocus system that can autofocus in very dark or even dark environments.

Everyone in the Instant Film world was surprised that Polaroid came out with this camera right after bringing out the NOW+ 3.

The i2 was a struggle.  Even in automatic mode.  Getting a decent normal photo was a challenge that wore me out.

This Flip is indeed what the reviewers have said.  Nails it and costs about half of the flagship i2.

The camera to the right is the latest SX-70 to come to the lineup (saving the word fleet for the cars).

It is a Mint SLR670-S iType.

A modified and updated SX-70 that has a battery pack built in and can run all the current Polaroid films (except for the Polaroid Go film).  The gizmo on top is what they call the TIME MACHINE which will allow the user to select the shutter speed or allow the user to shoot automatically in either SX70 or 600/iType film formats.

I have an original SX-70 that has never been modified in the cabinet.  I wanted a chrome SX-70 to compliment the Mint SLR670-X-Ming-iType (whew what a name) and the recent SX-70 model 2 from Retrospekt Camera (they update, restore and covert the camera to use the 600 film.)

Polaroid isn't cheap to use.  

600 Film has the classic battery built in the film pack and costs about $2.30 a shot.
The iType film is Polaroid 600 minus the battery pack and costs about $2.00 a shot

The goal here...
As you know, I am at a stage where following the crowd is not something I want to do.
I want to carve my own path and yes, legacy (I'm at that age and stage of life).

The Filp will be the EDC type of camera (in addition to all the Fuji Instax variants).

The SX-70's will be for more serious work.

I just found and bought a hard to get (in good condition) an SX-70 telephoto lens.

The world is full of digital and film images.  Polaroids in terms of something special is harder to find out there.

I want to leave behind boxes of artifacts (that is what makes instant film photography so great).

More on this and my impressions of the Filp later.