Polaroid Land Camera 1000

The Land Camera 1000 is an instant camera manufactured by Polaroid Corporation. In the United States, it was marketed as the OneStep. Based on the Polaroid SX-70, the camera includes a one element 103mm f/14.6 plastic lens, fixed focus and an exposure compensation dial knob. It uses the SX-70 time zero film. There is a flash specifically made for this model: the Q-light flash. The rigid plastic construction stripped away the expensive folding mechanism of its predecessor. It is simple to use: a single large button, a fixed-focus lens, and an exposure dial. With its distinctive green or red shutter button, the camera became instantly recognizable, its blocky form embodying late-1970s As the top-selling camera of Christmas 1977, it transformed a premium technology into a tool to capture the everyday. The iconic white frame is instantly recognizable across generations. The square, white-bordered instant print format is an aesthetic that has influenced family gatherings, digital filters to contemporary art for decades. Polaroid has become synonymous with instant photography, thanks in no small part to this object.